TYE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TYE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TYE?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TYE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TYE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TYE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TYE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does TYE mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A chain or rope used aboard ship to hoist or lower a yard, running from the mast to a tackle.
Sailors rig a tye between the centre of a yard and a block near the mast, then work a separate tackle at its other end to raise or lower the yard as needed. Older mining usage also applied the same word to a trough used for washing ore, a sense unrelated to the shipboard rigging.
How TYE is used
Used in traditional sailing-ship rigging terminology.
- The crew checked the tye before hoisting the yard at dawn.
- A worn tye can snap under the strain of a heavy sail.
- The rigging diagram labelled each tye and its matching tackle.
- Sailors replaced the frayed tye during the harbour stop.
- The old logbook recorded a broken tye during the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TYE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TYE
The 3 tiles of TYE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TYE
7 longer words begin with TYE.
Words ending in TYE
1 words end in TYE. Useful as a back hook: play TYE onto a word already on the board.
Words with TYE inside
12 words contain TYE in the middle. Words that start with TYE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TYE
Common questions about TYE
- Is TYE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TYE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TYE worth?
- TYE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TYE mean?
- A chain or rope used aboard ship to hoist or lower a yard, running from the mast to a tackle.
- What letters can be added to TYE?
- TYE takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TYE:
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