SPLAY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPLAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPLAY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPLAY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPLAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
splaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPLAY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPLAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What stands out about SPLAY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPLAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To spread outward or apart at an angle, especially the limbs, fingers, or edges of something.
Photographers ask a subject to splay their fingers apart to show a ring or manicure clearly in a close shot. Architects use the same idea when they splay the sides of a window or doorway, angling them so the opening is wider on one face of the wall than the other. The word also describes an accidental or awkward posture, as when a fall leaves someone with limbs splayed across the floor. A related adjective use, splay-footed, describes feet that turn outward rather than pointing straight ahead.
How SPLAY is used
Used in everyday description of posture as well as in architectural terms for angled openings.
- She would splay her fingers wide before painting each nail.
- The mason had to splay the window frame to match the old wall.
- He slipped on the ice and landed with his arms splayed out.
- The dancer learned to splay her feet just slightly for balance.
- Roots had splayed outward beneath the old oak over decades.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPLAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPLAY
The 5 tiles of SPLAY in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SPLAY
7 longer words begin with SPLAY.
Words ending in SPLAY
4 words end in SPLAY. Useful as a back hook: play SPLAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPLAY inside
15 words contain SPLAY in the middle. Words that start with SPLAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPLAY
Common questions about SPLAY
- Is SPLAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPLAY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPLAY worth?
- SPLAY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPLAY mean?
- To spread outward or apart at an angle, especially the limbs, fingers, or edges of something.
- What letters can be added to SPLAY?
- SPLAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPLAY:
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