INBYE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. INBYE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INBYE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INBYE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INBYE
No single letter turns INBYE into another word.
How INBYE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in INBYE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does INBYE mean in Scrabble?
adverb
dialectScotsBritish
On or toward the enclosed fields near a farmhouse, as opposed to the open, unfenced hill pasture farther away.
On a hill farm, inbye land is the fenced, cultivated ground close to the farmhouse and buildings, kept for hay, crops, or the most valuable stock, while the rough grazing on the open hillside farther out is called the outbye or the hill. Shepherds might bring ewes inbye during lambing season so they can be watched closely, then move them back out to open pasture once the lambs are stronger. The word pairs naturally with outbye, and together the two terms describe the whole working layout of a traditional hill farm.
How INBYE is used
Dialect farming term from Scotland and northern England, most often paired with its opposite, outbye.
- The farmer kept the weaker lambs inbye until they gained strength.
- Fields lying inbye are fenced and far easier to manage than the open hill.
- They drove the flock inbye ahead of the coming storm.
- The inbye ground produced most of the farm's hay each summer.
- Shepherds move sheep inbye for lambing and back out again in spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INBYE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INBYE
Common questions about INBYE
- Is INBYE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INBYE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INBYE worth?
- INBYE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INBYE mean?
- On or toward the enclosed fields near a farmhouse, as opposed to the open, unfenced hill pasture farther away.
- What letters can be added to INBYE?
- No single letter can be added to INBYE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of INBYE:
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