WAY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAY?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAY is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does WAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A method, or a route from one place to another.
Way is among the oldest words in English and among the busiest: it means a road, a manner, a distance and a direction, and it holds up half the language's idioms. By the way, in a way, no way and out of the way have almost nothing in common with one another.
How WAY is used
Countable: a way, two ways. Also an adverb — way too much.
- There is more than one way to do it and both are wrong.
- By the way, the meeting has moved.
- He came a long way for a short answer.
- That is way too much salt.
- The way out is signposted from the far end only.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WAY
The 3 tiles of WAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WAY
Showing 24 of 60 words that begin with WAY.
Words ending in WAY
Showing 24 of 171 words that end in WAY. Useful as a back hook: play WAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with WAY inside
Showing 24 of 214 words that contain WAY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAY
Common questions about WAY
- Is WAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAY worth?
- WAY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAY mean?
- A method, or a route from one place to another.
- What letters can be added to WAY?
- WAY takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WAY:
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