What SCYTHES Means
SCYTHES is a form of SCYTHE, which means:
- noun: an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground
- verb: cut with a scythe“scythe grass or grain”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SCYTHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 Y4 T1 H4 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In SCYTHES
86 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.
6 letter words (5)
5 letter words (16)
4 letter words (31)
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3 letter words (25)
2 letter words (9)
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