BLYPE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BLYPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLYPE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLYPE is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLYPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
blypesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLYPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BLYPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does BLYPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A small piece of loose or peeling skin, especially one that comes away after sunburn.
Blype is a Scots word used when the outer layer of skin lifts and peels off in thin flakes, most often after a bad sunburn. It can also describe a flake or shred of any thin material that comes away in a similar way, such as bark or paint. The word has no single ordinary English equivalent, which is why it survives as a distinct item in Scots vocabulary rather than being replaced by a common word. Older Scots dictionaries record it mainly in the context of skin and sunburn.
How BLYPE is used
Scots dialect, mainly in describing peeling skin after sunburn; rarely met outside Scottish speech and dictionaries.
- A blype of skin peeled off his shoulder after the beach.
- She picked at a blype on her sunburnt arm.
- Every blype of old paint came away with the scraper.
- A blype appeared on his back after the first hot day.
- A blype of bark hung loose from the birch trunk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLYPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLYPE
1 longer words begin with BLYPE.
Shorter words from the letters in BLYPE
Common questions about BLYPE
- Is BLYPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLYPE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLYPE worth?
- BLYPE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLYPE mean?
- A small piece of loose or peeling skin, especially one that comes away after sunburn.
- What letters can be added to BLYPE?
- BLYPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BLYPE:
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