THYME is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. THYME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THYME?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THYME is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THYME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THYME scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in THYME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does THYME mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small aromatic herb with tiny leaves, used fresh or dried to season food.
Thyme grows as a low, woody shrub with tiny grey-green leaves and a strong, warm scent, and cooks add it to soups, roasts and stews for its distinctive flavour. The herb belongs to the mint family and has been grown in gardens for centuries, both for cooking and, in earlier times, for its supposed medicinal properties. Because the leaves are so small, thyme is often added whole, sprigs and all, and removed before serving, or the leaves are simply stripped from the woody stem. Its name is pronounced like time, which frequently causes confusion when the word is first met in writing.
How THYME is used
A common culinary herb, used fresh or dried in cooking; pronounced the same as time.
- She sprinkled fresh thyme over the roasted chicken.
- A sprig of thyme flavoured the simmering stew.
- The garden bed was full of fragrant thyme.
- He dried the thyme leaves for winter cooking.
- The recipe called for a teaspoon of dried thyme.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THYME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THYME
13 longer words begin with THYME.
Words ending in THYME
1 words end in THYME. Useful as a back hook: play THYME onto a word already on the board.
Words with THYME inside
14 words contain THYME in the middle. Words that start with THYME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in THYME
Common questions about THYME
- Is THYME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THYME, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THYME worth?
- THYME is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THYME mean?
- A small aromatic herb with tiny leaves, used fresh or dried to season food.
- What letters can be added to THYME?
- THYME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of THYME:
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