BIGEYE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BIGEYE 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 BIGEYE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIGEYE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIGEYE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bigeyesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIGEYE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BIGEYE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 167,235.
What does BIGEYE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
Any of several fishes with unusually large eyes, including a reddish tropical reef fish and a large tuna.
Bigeye is a name that fishers and biologists give to more than one species. The reddish bigeyes of warm coastal waters hunt at night and have large eyes suited to dim light. The bigeye tuna is a big open-sea fish prized for sushi and caught across tropical oceans. Which fish is meant depends on whether the talk is of reefs or of commercial fishing.
How BIGEYE is used
Zoological and fishing term; the meaning depends on context.
- The diver spotted a bigeye hiding under a ledge.
- A single bigeye can weigh more than a grown man.
- The boat came back with a hold full of bigeye.
- The bigeye has red scales and enormous round eyes.
- Restaurants pay a high price for fresh bigeye.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIGEYE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIGEYE
1 longer words begin with BIGEYE.
Shorter words from the letters in BIGEYE
Common questions about BIGEYE
- Is BIGEYE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIGEYE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIGEYE worth?
- BIGEYE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIGEYE mean?
- Any of several fishes with unusually large eyes, including a reddish tropical reef fish and a large tuna.
- What letters can be added to BIGEYE?
- BIGEYE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BIGEYE:
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