BYRNIE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BYRNIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BYRNIE?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful BYRNIE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BYRNIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
byrniesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BYRNIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BYRNIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does BYRNIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalarchaic
A coat of mail, a long shirt of linked metal rings worn by a warrior as body armour.
A byrnie was the mail shirt of early medieval fighters, especially in Norse and Old English settings, and it often reached the thighs. It was costly and hard to make, so warriors inherited and gifted them, and heroic poems mention a good byrnie with respect. Modern fantasy and historical novels revive the word to give an old-world flavour, while histories prefer the plainer term hauberk.
How BYRNIE is used
Archaic; found in historical fiction, poetry and fantasy.
- The chieftain pulled a heavy byrnie over his tunic.
- A spear point glanced off the byrnie without piercing it.
- He left his helm and byrnie hanging by the door.
- The saga praises a byrnie forged by a famous smith.
- Rust had eaten at the rings of the old byrnie.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BYRNIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BYRNIE
1 longer words begin with BYRNIE.
Shorter words from the letters in BYRNIE
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Common questions about BYRNIE
- Is BYRNIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYRNIE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BYRNIE worth?
- BYRNIE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BYRNIE mean?
- A coat of mail, a long shirt of linked metal rings worn by a warrior as body armour.
- What letters can be added to BYRNIE?
- BYRNIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BYRNIE:
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