Is BYPLAY valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYPLAY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is BYPLAY worth?

BYPLAY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to BYPLAY?

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

BYPLAY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points

Yes. BYPLAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.

b3y4p3l1a1y4

PlayableBYPLAY · 6 letters · 16 pts Scrabble · 17 pts WWF

16points in Scrabble

17points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 8,278 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept BYPLAY?

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: 35 / 100

35WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.67

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

3.5%

Our own measure of how useful BYPLAY is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for BYPLAY

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

byplays17

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

How BYPLAY scores

Scrabble b3y4p3l1a1y4 16

Words with Friends b4y3p4l2a1y3 17

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

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
b	1	2
y	2	2
p	1	2
l	1	4
a	1	9

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,278 thousand.

What stands out about BYPLAY

BYPLAY 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

Words starting with BYPLAY

byplays17

1 longer words begin with BYPLAY.

Shorter words from the letters in BYPLAY

ably9 blay9 paly9 play9 yay9 aby8 bay8 pay8 ply8 pya8 yap8 bap7 lay6 alb5 alp5 bal5 lab5 lap5 pal5 by7 ay5 ya5 ab4 ba4 pa4 al2 la2

Common questions about BYPLAY

Is BYPLAY valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYPLAY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is BYPLAY worth?: BYPLAY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to BYPLAY?: BYPLAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

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

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