WYE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WYE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WYE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WYE is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WYE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wyesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WYE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WYE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What stands out about WYE
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 WYE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The name of the letter Y, or a junction shaped like it.
Wye is how that letter is spelled out when the sound alone would be lost — over a radio, down a bad line, in a spelling alphabet. Engineers took the word for the form: a wye on a railway is three legs of track that let an engine turn around, and a wye in pipework splits one run into two.
How WYE is used
Countable: a wye, two wyes. In electrical work it names a three-phase connection, as against delta.
- He spelled it out and finished with a wye.
- The engine ran onto the wye and came back facing the other way.
- A wye in the pipe takes the flow in two directions.
- There is no wye in the whole word.
- The yard has a wye at each end for turning stock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WYE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WYE
The 3 tiles of WYE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WYE
1 longer words begin with WYE.
Words with WYE inside
21 words contain WYE in the middle. Words that start with WYE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WYE
Common questions about WYE
- Is WYE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WYE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WYE worth?
- WYE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WYE mean?
- The name of the letter Y, or a junction shaped like it.
- What letters can be added to WYE?
- WYE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WYE:
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