Is BUYING valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUYING, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is BUYING worth?

BUYING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to BUYING?

BUYING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

BUYING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points

Yes. BUYING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.

b3u1y4i1n1g2

PlayableBUYING · 6 letters · 12 pts Scrabble · 15 pts WWF

12points in Scrabble

15points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 459,897odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept BUYING?

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: 31 / 100

31WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.33%

Our own measure of how useful BUYING is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for BUYING

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

buyings13

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How BUYING scores

Scrabble b3u1y4i1n1g2 12

Words with Friends b4u2y3i1n2g3 15

Face value of the 6 tiles in BUYING, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
b	1	2
u	1	4
y	1	2
i	1	9
n	1	6
g	1	3

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.

Words starting with BUYING

buyings13

1 longer words begin with BUYING.

Shorter words from the letters in BUYING

bingy11 bungy11 inby9 bing7 bung7 buy8 guy7 yug7 big6 bug6 gib6 gub6 yin6 bin5 bun5 nib5 nub5 gin4 gnu4 gun4 ing4 nug4 uni3 by7 ny5 yi5 yu5 bi4 ib4 gi3 gu3 ug3 in2 nu2 un2

Common questions about BUYING

Is BUYING valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUYING, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is BUYING worth?: BUYING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to BUYING?: BUYING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUYING:

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