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/heɪ/
nounverb

Is HAY a Scrabble word?

Yes. HAY is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

  2. Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.

  3. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.

  4. The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.

Verb 2 meanings

  1. To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

  2. To lay snares for rabbits.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: hay via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją, from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”).

HAY at a glance

HAY has 3 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (H 4 + A 1 + Y 4) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #8,028 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -HAY

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Same last three letters as HAY. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • SHAY10
  • CHAY12
  • SASHAY12
  • LINHAY12
  • POCHAY16

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