BARYTON is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BARYTON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARYTON?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARYTON is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARYTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARYTON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BARYTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does BARYTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
An obsolete bowed string instrument like a bass viol, with extra strings that vibrate in sympathy.
The baryton was popular in eighteenth-century central Europe, and Haydn wrote many pieces for it. Its player could bow the main strings while plucking the sympathetic ones from behind the neck. Few musicians play the baryton today.
How BARYTON is used
Used in music history writing.
- Prince Esterhazy loved to play the baryton.
- Haydn composed trios for the baryton, viola and cello.
- A restored baryton was shown at the museum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARYTON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARYTON
3 longer words begin with BARYTON.
Shorter words from the letters in BARYTON
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Common questions about BARYTON
- Is BARYTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARYTON, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARYTON worth?
- BARYTON is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARYTON mean?
- An obsolete bowed string instrument like a bass viol, with extra strings that vibrate in sympathy.
- What letters can be added to BARYTON?
- BARYTON takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BARYTON:
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