BYSSUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BYSSUS 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 BYSSUS?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BYSSUS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BYSSUS
No single letter turns BYSSUS into another word.
How BYSSUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BYSSUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,626 thousand.
What stands out about BYSSUS
- BYSSUS 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 BYSSUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tuft of tough silky threads that mussels and some other shellfish use to hold fast to rocks; also an ancient fine cloth.
Mussels spin byssus from a gland in the foot and set each thread against a surface, so a mussel bed stays put in rough water. Long ago the word named a very fine fabric, thought by some to be linen and by others silk or cotton, which ancient writers prized for robes. A rare cloth known as sea silk was woven from the byssus of a large Mediterranean clam.
How BYSSUS is used
Zoological term; the cloth sense belongs to ancient history.
- The mussel anchors itself with a beard of byssus.
- Cutting the byssus frees the shell from the rock.
- The priest wore a robe of fine byssus.
- Sea silk was spun from the byssus of a large clam.
- Each byssus thread ends in a tiny sticky pad.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BYSSUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BYSSUS
1 longer words begin with BYSSUS.
Shorter words from the letters in BYSSUS
Common questions about BYSSUS
- Is BYSSUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYSSUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BYSSUS worth?
- BYSSUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BYSSUS mean?
- A tuft of tough silky threads that mussels and some other shellfish use to hold fast to rocks; also an ancient fine cloth.
- What letters can be added to BYSSUS?
- No single letter can be added to BYSSUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BYSSUS:
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