BYNAME is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BYNAME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BYNAME?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BYNAME is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BYNAME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bynamesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BYNAME scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BYNAME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does BYNAME mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A name added to a person name, often a nickname that marks them out from others.
A byname was useful when many people in a village shared the same given name, and it might refer to a trait, a trade or a place. Several kings and heroes are remembered more by their byname than by any other. The word is spelt also with a hyphen, as by-name, and it has an old use as a verb meaning to nickname.
How BYNAME is used
Literary or historical; found in writing about medieval and early modern people.
- The old king was known by the byname of the Bold.
- He earned the byname Redbeard from the colour of his chin.
- In the village, every John had a different byname.
- The chronicle gave him a byname that meant the Silent.
- Her byname stuck even after she moved away from the farm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BYNAME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BYNAME
The 6 tiles of BYNAME in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BYNAME
1 longer words begin with BYNAME.
Shorter words from the letters in BYNAME
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Common questions about BYNAME
- Is BYNAME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYNAME, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BYNAME worth?
- BYNAME is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BYNAME mean?
- A name added to a person name, often a nickname that marks them out from others.
- What letters can be added to BYNAME?
- BYNAME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BYNAME:
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