BAYE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. BAYE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 9 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BAYE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAYE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAYE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAYE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BAYE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does BAYE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicpoetic
To bathe, or to wash oneself by immersing in water.
Baye is an older spelling found in verse where poets favoured its softer sound and shorter form than the modern spelling. Poets used it for the act of stepping into a stream, tub or spring to become clean or cool.
How BAYE is used
Found in older poetry and literary texts rather than modern speech.
- The nymphs were said to baye in the cool forest stream.
- He would baye each morning before the sun had fully risen.
- The poem describes travellers who stopped to baye by the roadside spring.
- She longed to baye in the river after the long, dusty journey.
- The old verse tells how the knight would baye his wounds in the brook.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAYE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAYE
The 4 tiles of BAYE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAYE
4 longer words begin with BAYE.
Words with BAYE inside
3 words contain BAYE in the middle. Words that start with BAYE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAYE
Common questions about BAYE
- Is BAYE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BAYE is not in it.
- How many points is BAYE worth?
- BAYE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAYE mean?
- To bathe, or to wash oneself by immersing in water.
- What letters can be added to BAYE?
- BAYE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BAYE:
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