HYTHE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. HYTHE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept HYTHE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYTHE is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYTHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hythesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYTHE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HYTHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does HYTHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalregional
A small landing place or harbour for boats, especially on a river or tidal creek.
A hythe is a modest landing stage rather than a full harbour, often no more than a stretch of firm bank where boats could be loaded and unloaded. The word is Old English in origin and is closely related to the older spelling hithe. It describes a function rather than any fixed structure, so a hythe might be built up with timber or simply be a convenient stretch of bank.
How HYTHE is used
Chiefly historical and regional; today it survives mainly in place names rather than in ordinary speech.
- Boats once tied up at the hythe to unload timber and grain.
- The old hythe below the church has long since silted up.
- Fishermen kept their small craft moored at the village hythe.
- A narrow path led down from the lane to the hythe.
- The map still marks the hythe, though no boats use it now.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYTHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYTHE
1 longer words begin with HYTHE.
Words with HYTHE inside
3 words contain HYTHE in the middle. Words that start with HYTHE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HYTHE
Common questions about HYTHE
- Is HYTHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYTHE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYTHE worth?
- HYTHE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYTHE mean?
- A small landing place or harbour for boats, especially on a river or tidal creek.
- What letters can be added to HYTHE?
- HYTHE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HYTHE:
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