SWINGBY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SWINGBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWINGBY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWINGBY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWINGBY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
swingbysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWINGBY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SWINGBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What stands out about SWINGBY
- SWINGBY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SWINGBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A spacecraft manoeuvre in which the gravity of a planet or moon bends the craft's path and changes its speed.
Mission planners use a swingby to save fuel, letting a planet do the work of steering the probe onward. Some swingby routes pass several worlds in turn on the way to the outer solar system.
How SWINGBY is used
Used in space-flight and astronomy writing.
- The probe gained speed from a swingby of Jupiter.
- Engineers plotted a swingby past Venus to reach the inner planets.
- Without a swingby the mission would have needed far more fuel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWINGBY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SWINGBY
1 longer words begin with SWINGBY.
Shorter words from the letters in SWINGBY
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Common questions about SWINGBY
- Is SWINGBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWINGBY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWINGBY worth?
- SWINGBY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWINGBY mean?
- A spacecraft manoeuvre in which the gravity of a planet or moon bends the craft's path and changes its speed.
- What letters can be added to SWINGBY?
- SWINGBY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SWINGBY:
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