What BYES Means
BYES is a form of BYE, which means:
- noun: an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent“he had a bye in the first round”
- noun: a farewell remark“they said their good-byes”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BYES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 Y4 E1 S1.
Anagrams of BYES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In BYES
11 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (7)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing BYES
BYES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.