The word relay 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.)

  • relay n. (Hunting, rare) A new set of hounds.
  • relay n. (Now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals…
  • relay n. (By extension) A new set of anything.

23 valid words from 3 definitions

ALONG ANIMALS ANYTHING BY CAN CHIEFLY EXTENSION HISTORICAL HORSES HOUNDS HUNTING KEPT NEW NOW OF RARE REPLACE ROUTE SET SO SPECIFIC THAT THEY

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

AY EL LA LAY RE

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

AL ALE ER YA YALE

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

EARLY LAYER LEARY RAYLE

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

BELAY DELAY RELAX RENAY REPAY RESAY

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

RELY

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

REPLAY

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

RELAYS RELAYED RELAYING

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

FORELAYS OWRELAYS VIRELAYS FORELAYING

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

FORELAY OWRELAY VIRELAY

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

+B BARELY BARLEY BLEARY
+D DEARLY RAYLED
+F FLAYER
+G ARGYLE GRAYLE
+I AERILY
+L RALLYE REALLY
+M ALMERY
+N ANERLY LARNEY NEARLY
+P PARLEY PEARLY PLAYER REPLAY
+R RARELY REARLY
+S LAYERS RAYLES RELAYS SLAYER
+T ELYTRA LYRATE RAYLET REALTY TELARY
+W LAWYER
+Y YARELY YEARLY

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

-A LYRE RELY
-E ARYL LYRA RYAL
-L AERY AYRE EYRA YARE YEAR
-R YALE
-Y ARLE EARL LAER LARE LEAR RALE REAL

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 189 chance (0.53%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 692 chance (0.14%).

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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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