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Gray

g 2r 1a 1y 4

About 1 syllable

noun · verb · adjective · 4 letters · Rare

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does gray mean?

noun

  1. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

    Synonymsgraynessgreygreyness

  2. clothing that is a grey color

    “he was dressed in grey”

    Synonymsgrey

  3. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

    “the Confederate army was a vast grey”

    Synonymsgrey

  4. horse of a light gray or whitish color

    Synonymsgrey

  5. the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

    Synonymsgy

  6. English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)

    Synonymslouis harold gray

verb

  1. make grey

    “The painter decided to grey the sky”

    Synonymsgrey

  2. turn grey

    “Her hair began to grey”

    Synonymsgrey

adjective

  1. of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

    “the little grey cells”

    Synonymsgreygreyishgrayish

  2. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

    “whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge”

    Synonymsgreygrizzlyhoarhoary

  3. used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

    “a stalwart grey figure”

    Synonymsgrey

  4. intermediate in character or position

    “a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal”

    Synonymsgrey

Is GRAY a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is GRAY worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
g 2r 1a 1y 4

Words With Friends

8 pts
g 3r 1a 1y 3

Wordfeud

9 pts
g 3r 1a 1y 4

NYT Crossplay

10 pts
g 4r 1a 1y 4

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in GRAY

Hooks for GRAY

Add one letter to the front or back of GRAY to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

grays

Words that end like GRAY

Common words that share the ending -AY, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

playstaydaylaymaypaysaywaypraytraybaygayhaynayrayspraystraybrayclayfrayslayspayswayjay
All words ending in -AY

Gray: quick answers

Is GRAY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. GRAY is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 8 points before board bonuses.
How many points is GRAY worth?
GRAY scores 8 points in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends, 9 in Wordfeud and 10 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does gray mean?
As a noun, gray means “a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black”. It has 12 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in GRAY?
You can make 12 shorter words from GRAY, such as GAY, YAG, ARY, RAY. See the full list.