The word is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

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

• alay v. Obsolete spelling of allay.

• (In Spanish) Alay s. Apellido.

4 valid words from 2 definitions

ALLAY OBSOLETE OF SPELLING

1 invalid word from 2 definitions

APELLIDO

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

AL ALA AY LA LAY

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

AL ALA LA YA

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

ALAE ALAN ALAP ALAR ALAS ALKY ALLY APAY AWAY BLAY CLAY FLAY PLAY SLAY

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

ALA LAY

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

ALARY ALLAY ALWAY

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

ALAYS ALAYED ALAYING

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

PALAYS ATALAYA TALAYOT ATALAYAS BALAYAGE TALAYOTS BALAYAGED BALAYAGES BANGALAYS JAMBALAYA BALAYAGING JAMBALAYAS

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

PALAY BANGALAY

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

+G GAYAL
+I ALIYA
+L ALLAY
+N NYALA
+P PALAY PLAYA
+R ALARY
+S ALAYS ASYLA
+W ALWAY

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

-A LAY
-Y AAL ALA

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 96.6 chance (1.04%).
• Joker not allowed, 1 in 389 chance (0.26%).

Other languages

• Invalid: French German Spanish Italian Romanian

Category without words

• No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)

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