BUY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BUY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUY?
| 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 BUY is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BUY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does BUY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To get something by paying for it.
Buy is one of a handful of English verbs that never took a regular past form, and the reason is age: the commoner a verb is, the better it resists tidying up. The sense of accepting an explanation — nobody is buying that — is American and about a century old.
How BUY is used
Transitive. The past is bought. Also a noun — a good buy.
- They buy the same four things every week.
- He buys in bulk and stores none of it properly.
- Nobody is buying that explanation.
- The house was a good buy at the price.
- You can buy it cheaper across the road.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUY
13 longer words begin with BUY.
Words ending in BUY
5 words end in BUY. Useful as a back hook: play BUY onto a word already on the board.
Words with BUY inside
13 words contain BUY in the middle. Words that start with BUY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BUY
Common questions about BUY
- Is BUY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUY worth?
- BUY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUY mean?
- To get something by paying for it.
- What letters can be added to BUY?
- BUY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BUY:
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