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Is bypass a Scrabble word?

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

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Is bypass a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word bypass is a Words With Friends word. The word bypass is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

BYPASS,

5-letter words (3 found)

ABYSS,BASSY,SPAYS,

4-letter words (14 found)

ABYS,ASPS,BAPS,BASS,BAYS,PASS,PAYS,PYAS,SABS,SAPS,SAYS,SPAS,SPAY,YAPS,

3-letter words (19 found)

ABS,ABY,ASP,ASS,AYS,BAP,BAS,BAY,BYS,PAS,PAY,PYA,SAB,SAP,SAY,SPA,SPY,YAP,YAS,

2-letter words (7 found)

AB,AS,AY,BA,BY,PA,YA,

You can make 44 words from bypass according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bypass

bypass

Alternative forms

  • by-pass

Etymology

From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- +‎ pass.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪpæs/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪpɑːs/
  • Hyphenation: by‧pass

Noun

bypass (plural bypasses)

  1. A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
  2. The act of going past or around.
  3. A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
  4. An electrical shunt.
  5. (medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.

Translations

Verb

bypass (third-person singular simple present bypasses, present participle bypassing, simple past and past participle bypassed)

  1. To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
  2. To ignore the usual channels or procedures.

Translations

Derived terms

  • antibypass
  • bleach bypass
  • bypass air
  • bypass duct
  • bypasser
  • bypass ratio
  • coronary artery bypass

References

Anagrams

  • pass by

Basque

Etymology

From English bypass.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bai̯pas̺/ [bai̯.pas̺]
  • Rhymes: -ai̯pas̺

Noun

bypass inan

  1. (medicine) bypass

Declension

Further reading

  • "bypass" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

Noun

bypass m

  1. bypass

Derived terms

  • bypassare (verb)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbaj.ˈpɛs/

Noun

bypass m (plural bypasses or bypass)

  1. (medicine) bypass (a passage created around a damaged organ)
    Synonym: ponte

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

Noun

bypass n (plural bypassuri)

  1. (medicine) bypass

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • baipás

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaipas/ [ˈbai̯.pas]
  • Rhymes: -aipas

Noun

bypass m (plural bypass)

  1. bypass

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “bypass”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org