What KEY Means
- noun: metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- noun: something crucial for explaining“the key to development is economic integration”
- verb: identify as in botany or biology, for example
- verb: provide with a key“We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
KEY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as K5 E1 Y4.
Anagrams of KEY (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In KEY
2 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
2 letter words (2)
Longer Words Containing KEY
KEY appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all, and the two and three letter lists. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.