SNYE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SNYE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SNYE?
| 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 SNYE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SNYE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
snyesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SNYE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SNYE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What stands out about SNYE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SNYE mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A narrow channel of water that branches off from a river and rejoins it further downstream.
This term is chiefly used in Canada and parts of the northern United States to describe such secondary waterways running around river islands. It likely derives from the Canadian French word chenail, related to the word for channel, though its exact path into English is not fully documented. Maps of areas near the Great Lakes and northern rivers sometimes label these features as a snye rather than a channel or slough.
How SNYE is used
Chiefly used in Canadian and northern United States English for a secondary river channel.
- Paddlers explored the quiet snye behind the main island.
- Ducks nested along the reedy banks of the snye each spring.
- The old trapper knew every snye and backwater on the river.
- Water levels in the snye dropped sharply during the dry summer.
- Local anglers say the snye holds larger fish than the main channel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SNYE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SNYE
The 4 tiles of SNYE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SNYE
1 longer words begin with SNYE.
Shorter words from the letters in SNYE
Common questions about SNYE
- Is SNYE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SNYE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SNYE worth?
- SNYE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SNYE mean?
- A narrow channel of water that branches off from a river and rejoins it further downstream.
- What letters can be added to SNYE?
- SNYE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SNYE:
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