BAYOU is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BAYOU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAYOU?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAYOU is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAYOU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bayousChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAYOU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BAYOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does BAYOU mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A slow-moving, marshy stream or outlet of a lake or river, especially in the southern United States.
A bayou winds slowly through flat, low-lying land, often so gently that the water barely seems to move except with the tide or wind, unlike a fast mountain stream. The word is closely associated with the Gulf Coast states, especially Louisiana and Mississippi, where bayous thread through swampy forests and support a rich variety of fish, birds, and reptiles such as alligators. Communities along a bayou often build their culture and cuisine around it, fishing and boating through channels that connect lakes, rivers, and the sea. The term likely comes from a Choctaw word for a small, sluggish stream, absorbed into English through French colonial settlers in Louisiana.
How BAYOU is used
Bayou is regional American English, used mainly for the marshy waterways of the Gulf Coast, especially Louisiana.
- They paddled a canoe deep into the quiet bayou.
- Alligators sunned themselves along the edge of the bayou.
- The old cabin stood on stilts above the muddy bayou.
- Fishermen know every bend of the bayou by heart.
- A thick mist hung low over the bayou at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAYOU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAYOU
The 5 tiles of BAYOU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAYOU
1 longer words begin with BAYOU.
Shorter words from the letters in BAYOU
Common questions about BAYOU
- Is BAYOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAYOU, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAYOU worth?
- BAYOU is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAYOU mean?
- A slow-moving, marshy stream or outlet of a lake or river, especially in the southern United States.
- What letters can be added to BAYOU?
- BAYOU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BAYOU:
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