Is DELAYERS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DELAYERS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DELAYERS mean?
Delayers is a form of DELAYER.
- noun
a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
12
Words With Friends
8
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + L (1) + A (1) + Y (4) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) = 12 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for DELAYERS
DELAYERS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from DELAYERS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- delayer11
- layered11
- relayed11
- sealery10
- dearly10
- delays10
- derays10
- redyes10
- slayed10
- layers9
- relays9
- slayer9
- deary9
- delay9
- deray9
- drays9
- dryas9
- dyers9
- lardy9
- layed9
- leady9
- lyard9
- lysed9
- rayed9
- ready9
- redly9
- redye9
- reedy9
- sadly9
- sayed9
- seedy9
- yards9
- dealers8
- lasered8
- leaders8
- aryls8
- early8
- eyers8
- eyras8
- eyres8
- layer8
- leary8
- leery8
- lyase8
- lyres8
- relay8
- resay8
- sayer8
- seely8
- slyer8
- years8
- days8
- deys8
- dray8
- drys8
- dyer8
- dyes8
- eyed8
- lady8
- yald8
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