BYCATCH is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. BYCATCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BYCATCH?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BYCATCH is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BYCATCH
No single letter turns BYCATCH into another word.
How BYCATCH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BYCATCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 37,055 thousand.
What stands out about BYCATCH
- BYCATCH gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BYCATCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Unwanted fish and other sea creatures caught in nets while fishing for a different species.
Bycatch is a major worry in fishery management because turtles, dolphins and young fish often die in the nets. Special escape panels in nets are designed to reduce the bycatch.
How BYCATCH is used
Bycatch is used in news and conservation writing about commercial fishing.
- Turtles are a tragic part of the shrimp trawlers bycatch.
- New nets aim to cut bycatch by letting small fish escape.
- Much of the bycatch is thrown back into the sea, often dead.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BYCATCH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BYCATCH
1 longer words begin with BYCATCH.
Shorter words from the letters in BYCATCH
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Common questions about BYCATCH
- Is BYCATCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYCATCH, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BYCATCH worth?
- BYCATCH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BYCATCH mean?
- Unwanted fish and other sea creatures caught in nets while fishing for a different species.
- What letters can be added to BYCATCH?
- No single letter can be added to BYCATCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BYCATCH:
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