BYGONE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BYGONE 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 BYGONE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BYGONE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BYGONE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bygonesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BYGONE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BYGONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does BYGONE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Belonging to an earlier time and long past.
Bygone is built from by and gone, literally meaning gone by, and it gives a gentle, often wistful tone to talk about earlier times. It is most at home in phrases such as a bygone era or bygone days, where it points to something that has passed and is unlikely to return. As a noun, the plural bygones appears in the saying let bygones be bygones, which urges people to forget old quarrels.
How BYGONE is used
Slightly literary; common in phrases about eras, days and customs.
- The film paints a loving picture of a bygone age.
- Steam trains belong to a bygone era of travel.
- They talked for hours about bygone summers by the sea.
- Let us forget the argument and call it bygone.
- The museum keeps the tools of a bygone trade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BYGONE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BYGONE
1 longer words begin with BYGONE.
Shorter words from the letters in BYGONE
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Common questions about BYGONE
- Is BYGONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYGONE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BYGONE worth?
- BYGONE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BYGONE mean?
- Belonging to an earlier time and long past.
- What letters can be added to BYGONE?
- BYGONE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BYGONE:
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