Is RYE a Scrabble word?
Yes. RYE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
Noun 4 meanings
A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
“They bought a sack of rye and a sack of wheat with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.”
The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained.
“This field will be planted to rye next spring.”
A drink (serving) of rye whiskey.
“I'll have a rye, neat, please.”
Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rye, rie, from Old English ryġe, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz.
RYE at a glance
RYE has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (R 1 + Y 4 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #14,379 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -RYE
More endings- BARYE10
- TRYE7
- GRAMARYE14
- CHEVERYE19
- HERYE11
- RYBAUDRYE18
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