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What does byname mean? Is byname a Scrabble word?

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Is byname a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word byname is a Scrabble US word. The word byname is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

B3Y4N1A1M3E1

Is byname a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word byname is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

B3Y4N1A1M3E1

Is byname a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word byname is a Words With Friends word. The word byname is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4Y3N2A1M4E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

BAYMEN,BYNAME,

5-letter words (7 found)

BEAMY,BEANY,EMBAY,MANEB,MAYBE,MEANY,YAMEN,

4-letter words (16 found)

ABYE,AMEN,BANE,BAYE,BEAM,BEAN,BEMA,MABE,MANE,MANY,MEAN,MYNA,NABE,NAME,NEMA,YEAN,

3-letter words (29 found)

ABY,AME,ANE,ANY,AYE,BAE,BAM,BAN,BAY,BEN,BEY,BYE,EAN,MAE,MAN,MAY,MEN,MNA,NAB,NAE,NAM,NAY,NEB,NYE,NYM,YAE,YAM,YEA,YEN,

2-letter words (19 found)

AB,AE,AM,AN,AY,BA,BE,BY,EA,EM,EN,MA,ME,MY,NA,NE,NY,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from byname according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of byname

byname

Alternative forms

  • by-name

Etymology

From by- +‎ name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn.

Noun

byname (plural bynames)

  1. (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
  2. (archaic, historical) A nickname.
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.
  4. (Germanic paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.

Synonyms

  • cognomen
  • sobriquet
  • to-name

Hypernyms

  • name

Translations

Verb

byname (third-person singular simple present bynames, present participle bynaming, simple past and past participle bynamed)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to.

References

  • “byname”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

  • baymen

Source: wiktionary.org