STRAYED Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What STRAYED Means

STRAYED is a form of STRAY, which means:

verb: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment“The gypsies roamed the woods”
verb: wander from a direct course or at random“The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her”
adjective: not close together in time“isolated instances of rebellion”
adjective: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home“a stray calf”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

STRAYED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 T1 R1 A1 Y4 E1 D2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In STRAYED

257 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.

6 letter words (17)

DATERS DERATS DERAYS DRYEST ESTRAY REASTY STARED STAYED STAYER STAYRE STEADY STEARD STYRED TRADES TREADS YAREST YEARDS

5 letter words (68)

4 letter words (92)

3 letter words (61)

ADS ARD ARE ARS ART ARY ATE ATS AYE AYS DAE DAS DAY DEY DRY DYE EAR EAS EAT EDS ERA ERS EST ETA RAD RAS RAT RAY RED RES RET RYA RYE SAD SAE SAR SAT SAY SEA SED SER SET SEY STY SYE TAD TAE TAR TAS TAY TEA TED TES TRY TYE YAD YAE YAR YEA YES YET

2 letter words (19)

AD AE AR AS AT AY DA DE EA ED ER ES ET RE ST TA TE YA YE

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