LYTHE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. LYTHE 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LYTHE?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LYTHE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LYTHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lythesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LYTHE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LYTHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does LYTHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A fish of the cod family, also known as the pollack.
Fishermen along the Scottish coast use lythe as the everyday name for the pollack, a silvery fish taken both by net and by rod. The word also exists as an old adjective meaning soft or flexible, but the fish sense is the one still current in Scots speech and fishing talk.
How LYTHE is used
A regional Scots fishing term for the pollack, not widely used outside Scotland.
- They brought in a good catch of lythe that evening.
- The chip shop menu listed lythe alongside cod and haddock.
- A young lythe fights harder on the line than its size suggests.
- Local anglers still call the pollack a lythe.
- He filleted the lythe on the pier before heading home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LYTHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LYTHE
The 5 tiles of LYTHE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LYTHE
1 longer words begin with LYTHE.
Words with LYTHE inside
8 words contain LYTHE in the middle. Words that start with LYTHE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LYTHE
Common questions about LYTHE
- Is LYTHE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LYTHE is not in it.
- How many points is LYTHE worth?
- LYTHE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LYTHE mean?
- A fish of the cod family, also known as the pollack.
- What letters can be added to LYTHE?
- LYTHE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LYTHE:
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