Is MAY a Scrabble word?
Yes. MAY is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.
Meaning To be able to go.
Verb 4 meanings
To be able to go.
To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
“you may smoke outside”
Granting the admissibility of a supposition, in a way that can be semantically either subjunctive or indicative.
“he may be lying”
Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
“may you win; may the weather be sunny; long may your reign last”
Noun 1 meaning
The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
Etymology
From Middle English magen, mauen, mawe, mawen, mayen, maȝen, mouin, mow, mowen, moȝen, mugen, from Old English magan, from Proto-West Germanic *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”), from Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰe (“to be able”), from *megʰ- (“to be able”).
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MAY at a glance
MAY has 3 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (M 3 + A 1 + Y 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #105 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -MAY
More endings- DISMAY12
- GAMAY11
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