THEY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. THEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THEY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THEY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THEY
No single letter turns THEY into another word.
How THEY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in THEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does THEY mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
The third person plural pronoun.
They came from Old Norse and replaced the native pronoun, which is remarkable: pronouns are almost never borrowed between languages. Using it about one person of unknown gender is six hundred years old.
How THEY is used
Plural; also used of one person of unknown gender.
- The word they was borrowed from Old Norse.
- Pronouns are almost never borrowed, and they is an exception.
- Using they about one person is six hundred years old.
- They arrived together and left separately.
- Two uses of they in one sentence can confuse a reader.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THEY
The 4 tiles of THEY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in THEY
Common questions about THEY
- Is THEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THEY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THEY worth?
- THEY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THEY mean?
- The third person plural pronoun.
- What letters can be added to THEY?
- No single letter can be added to THEY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of THEY:
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