FLYBY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FLYBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLYBY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLYBY is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLYBY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
flybysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLYBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FLYBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,705 thousand.
What does FLYBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A flight past a particular point, target or celestial object, especially one made to observe or gather data.
A flyby can describe a low, fast pass of aircraft over a crowd at an air show, or the moment a spacecraft passes close to a planet, moon or asteroid to take measurements without landing. Space agencies plan a flyby carefully because the craft's speed and angle determine how much data the instruments can collect in a short window. Military and ceremonial flybys, by contrast, are usually about display rather than data. Either way, the word centers on passing close by rather than staying or landing.
How FLYBY is used
Common in both aerospace and everyday contexts describing aircraft passing overhead.
- Mission control celebrated after the probe's successful flyby of the moon.
- The air show ended with a low flyby of vintage planes.
- Scientists studied images from the spacecraft's flyby of the asteroid.
- Residents complained about the noisy helicopter flyby.
- The satellite's flyby lasted only a few minutes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLYBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLYBY
1 longer words begin with FLYBY.
Shorter words from the letters in FLYBY
Common questions about FLYBY
- Is FLYBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLYBY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLYBY worth?
- FLYBY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLYBY mean?
- A flight past a particular point, target or celestial object, especially one made to observe or gather data.
- What letters can be added to FLYBY?
- FLYBY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FLYBY:
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