What LAYS Means
LAYS is a form of LAY, which means:
- verb: put into a certain place or abstract location“Put your things here”
- verb: put in a horizontal position“lay the books on the table”
- noun: a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- noun: a narrative poem of popular origin
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LAYS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 Y4 S1.
Anagrams of LAYS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In LAYS
12 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.
3 letter words (7)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing LAYS
LAYS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
AIRPLAYSALAYSALLAYSBALLCLAYSBANGALAYSBELAYSBLAYSBRICKCLAYSBYPLAYSCLAYSCLAYSTONECLAYSTONESCULLAYSDELAYSDISPLAYSDOWNPLAYSENDPLAYSFIRECLAYSFLAYSFLAYSOMEFORELAYSFOREPLAYSFOURPLAYSGAMEPLAYSGONDELAYSGUNPLAYSHANDPLAYSHORSEPLAYSINLAYSINTERLAYSINTERPLAYSLAYSHAFTLAYSHAFTSLAYSTALLLAYSTALLSMATCHPLAYSMEDALPLAYSMELLAYSMISLAYSMISPLAYS
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.