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Is tye a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tye is a Scrabble US word. The word tye is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

T1Y4E1

Is tye a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tye is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

T1Y4E1

Is tye a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tye is a Words With Friends word. The word tye is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1Y3E1

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3-letter words (2 found)

TYE,YET,

2-letter words (3 found)

ET,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 6 words from tye according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tye

tye

English

Etymology 1

A variant of tie.

Noun

tye (plural tyes)

  1. Obsolete form of tie.
  2. (nautical) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English teye (“chest, coffer”), from a combination of Old English tēah and Old French teie (both "chest").

Noun

tye (plural tyes)

  1. (mining) A trough for washing ores.

Etymology 3

From Old English tīh (“plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīh. Cognate with Old Frisian ty (“thingstead”), Middle Low German tî, tigge, whence northern German Thie (“old thingstead, village square”).

Noun

tye (plural tyes)

  1. (British) A patch of common land, often a village green.

Etymology 4

Verb

tye (third-person singular simple present tyes, present participle tyeing, simple past and past participle tyed)

  1. Obsolete form of tie.

Anagrams

  • -ety, ety, tey, yet

Afrikaans

Noun

tye

  1. plural of tyd (“time”)
  2. plural of ty (“tide”)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

tye

  1. alternative form of teye (“cord, chain”)

Etymology 2

Noun

tye

  1. alternative form of teye (“chest, enclosure”)

Etymology 3

Verb

tye

  1. alternative form of teyen

Sranan Tongo

Interjection

tye

  1. oh

Source: wiktionary.org