BAYBERRY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. BAYBERRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAYBERRY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAYBERRY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAYBERRY
No single letter turns BAYBERRY into another word.
How BAYBERRY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BAYBERRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BAYBERRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BAYBERRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
An aromatic shrub with waxy berries, or the berry of such a shrub.
The wax coating the berries of the North American bayberry was once boiled off to make fragrant candles. Other plants share the name, such as a West Indian tree whose leaves yield bay rum.
How BAYBERRY is used
Refers to a shrub or tree and its fruit, depending on the region.
- Colonists made scented candles from the wax of the bayberry.
- A hedge of bayberry grew along the sandy shore.
- The bayberry bush has leathery, fragrant leaves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAYBERRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BAYBERRY
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Common questions about BAYBERRY
- Is BAYBERRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAYBERRY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAYBERRY worth?
- BAYBERRY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAYBERRY mean?
- An aromatic shrub with waxy berries, or the berry of such a shrub.
- What letters can be added to BAYBERRY?
- No single letter can be added to BAYBERRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BAYBERRY:
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