BYWORK is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. BYWORK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BYWORK?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BYWORK is to know. It scores 18 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BYWORK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
byworksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BYWORK scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BYWORK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,104 thousand.
What stands out about BYWORK
- BYWORK 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 BYWORK mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Work done in spare time, apart from a person's regular occupation.
A bywork suggests a modest sideline taken up in intervals of leisure, not the main livelihood. The word has largely faded from modern English.
How BYWORK is used
Rare and old-fashioned; sideline is the usual modern word.
- He mended clocks as a bywork after the farm chores were done.
- The weaver took on a little bywork to earn extra coins.
- Her bywork in the evenings eventually became a business.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BYWORK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BYWORK
1 longer words begin with BYWORK.
Shorter words from the letters in BYWORK
Common questions about BYWORK
- Is BYWORK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYWORK, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BYWORK worth?
- BYWORK is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BYWORK mean?
- Work done in spare time, apart from a person's regular occupation.
- What letters can be added to BYWORK?
- BYWORK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BYWORK:
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