What RAYS Means
RAYS is a form of RAY, which means:
- noun: a column of light (as from a beacon)
- noun: a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
- verb: emit as rays“That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky”
- verb: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center“spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RAYS 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 R1 A1 Y4 S1.
Anagrams of RAYS (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In RAYS
13 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 (9)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing RAYS
RAYS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.