The word slay is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • slay v. (Now literary) To kill; to murder.
  • slay v. (Literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
  • slay v. (By extension, hyperbolic, colloquial) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).

18 valid words from 3 definitions

BY COLLOQUIAL COMPETITION CONTEST DEFEAT ERADICATE EXTENSION HYPERBOLIC IN KILL LITERARY MURDER NOW OR OUT OVERCOME STAMP TO

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AY LA LAY

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AL ALS YA

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

LAYS

17 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ALAY BLAY CLAY FLAY PLAY SHAY SLAB SLAE SLAG SLAM SLAP SLAT SLAW SLEY SPAY STAY SWAY

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

LAY SAY SLY

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

SLATY SPLAY

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

SLAYS SLAYED SLAYER SLAYERS SLAYING SLAYABLE SLAYINGS

6 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

MISLAYS MISLAYER MANSLAYER MISLAYERS MISLAYING MANSLAYERS

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

MISLAY

31 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A ALAYS ASYLA
+B BLAYS
+C ACYLS CLAYS SCALY
+D SADLY
+E LYASE YALES
+F FLAYS
+G GYALS
+H HYLAS SHALY
+L SALLY
+M AMYLS LYAMS
+P PALSY PLAYS SPLAY SPYAL
+R ARYLS RYALS
+S LASSY LYSSA SLAYS
+T SALTY SLATY
+V SYLVA
+W SWALY SWAYL YAWLS

8 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A SLY
-L AYS SAY YAS
-S LAY
-Y ALS LAS SAL

Scrabble scoring

  • 7 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 107 chance (0.94%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 389 chance (0.26%).

Other languages


Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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