BYPAST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BYPAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BYPAST?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BYPAST is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BYPAST
No single letter turns BYPAST into another word.
How BYPAST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BYPAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about BYPAST
- BYPAST gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BYPAST mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Belonging to an earlier time; gone by.
The word is a rather old-fashioned alternative to bygone, and it appears in literary and formal writing about former days. Scottish and northern writers have often used it, as in speaking of bypast years or bypast sorrows. It is formed from by and past, in the same way as the more common bygone.
How BYPAST is used
Literary; uncommon in current speech.
- She spoke fondly of bypast summers on the farm.
- The old man sat dreaming of bypast times.
- A bypast quarrel was never mentioned between them.
- The museum shows the bypast life of the village.
- His letters are full of bypast pleasures.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BYPAST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BYPAST
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Common questions about BYPAST
- Is BYPAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYPAST, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BYPAST worth?
- BYPAST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BYPAST mean?
- Belonging to an earlier time; gone by.
- What letters can be added to BYPAST?
- No single letter can be added to BYPAST to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BYPAST:
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