The word gybe is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • gybe v. (Transitive, nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other…
  • gybe v. (Intransitive, nautical) Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly…
  • gybe v. (Intransitive, nautical) Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.

31 valid words from 3 definitions

AFT AND BEHIND BOOM CHANGE CROSSING FORCEFULLY FORE FROM GENERALLY INTRANSITIVE ITS NAUTICAL OF OFTEN ONE OR OTHER SAIL SAILING SHIFT SIDE SMALL SUDDENLY TACK THE TO TRANSITIVE VESSEL WIND WITH

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

BE

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

BY

4 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

GIBE GYRE GYTE GYVE

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

GYBED GYBES

5 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+D GYBED
+I BEIGY
+L GLEBY
+O BOGEY
+S GYBES

4 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-B GEY
-G BEY BYE
-Y BEG

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 172 chance (0.58%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 778 chance (0.13%).

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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