EYE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. EYE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EYE?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EYE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 8.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EYE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EYE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EYE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,225.
What stands out about EYE
- EYE is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EYE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The organ of sight.
Eye is among the shortest words in English with the longest list of idioms behind it: an eye for detail, an eye on the door, seeing eye to eye. The verb means to look at something with intent, and it is nearly always slightly rude.
How EYE is used
Countable: an eye, two eyes. Also a verb.
- She has an eye for the one thing out of place.
- He eyed the last sandwich and said nothing.
- Keep an eye on the door while I look upstairs.
- They have never seen eye to eye about anything.
- The eye of a needle is the hole and not the point.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EYE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EYE
Showing 24 of 118 words that begin with EYE.
Words ending in EYE
Showing 24 of 29 words that end in EYE. Useful as a back hook: play EYE onto a word already on the board.
Words with EYE inside
Showing 24 of 177 words that contain EYE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EYE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EYE
Common questions about EYE
- Is EYE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EYE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EYE worth?
- EYE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EYE mean?
- The organ of sight.
- What letters can be added to EYE?
- EYE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EYE:
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