SWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWAY?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWAY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWAY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about SWAY
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 SWAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move slowly from side to side.
Sway meaning influence is the older sense in English, and holding sway kept it alive. The physical movement came later and is now what most speakers mean by the word.
How SWAY is used
Swayed, swaying. Also a noun.
- The crane swayed and everybody stopped talking.
- The word sway meant influence before movement.
- Holding sway keeps the older sense.
- Nothing said in that meeting swayed anybody.
- A sway of four centimetres is within tolerance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWAY
The 4 tiles of SWAY in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SWAY
16 longer words begin with SWAY.
Words ending in SWAY
6 words end in SWAY. Useful as a back hook: play SWAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with SWAY inside
11 words contain SWAY in the middle. Words that start with SWAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SWAY
Common questions about SWAY
- Is SWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWAY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWAY worth?
- SWAY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWAY mean?
- To move slowly from side to side.
- What letters can be added to SWAY?
- SWAY takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SWAY:
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