Is DYE a Scrabble word?
Yes. DYE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A colorant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
Noun 2 meanings
A colorant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
Any hue or color.
Verb 1 meaning
To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
“You look different. Have you had your hair dyed?”
Etymology
From Middle English deye, from Old English dēah, dēag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-West Germanic *daugu (“color, shade”), from *daugan (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”).
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DYE at a glance
DYE has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (D 2 + Y 4 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #9,179 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -DYE
More endings- REDYE9
- BEDYE11
- OVERDYE14
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