Twenty-five of the 5 letter words with BY in them have a double B, as Bobby, Hobby, Lobby and Tubby do. Y is the final letter of fifty-two of them.
Rugby, Derby, Bytes and Bylaw are the BY words to try in Wordle, since they are the best known words with five different letters. In Scrabble, Jumby scores 19 points, with Byway and Flyby at 16.
5 Letter Words With BY In Them
These are the familiar 5 letter words with BY in them. Eight of these twelve words repeat a letter.
| Rugby | Bobby | Derby |
| Lobby | Hobby | Hubby |
| Abyss | Bytes | Gabby |
| Byway | Bylaw | Tabby |
5 Letter Words With BY In Them By Position
BY starts 10 of the 68 words and ends 51, and the other 7 have BY in the middle.
Words Starting With BY
Five of these ten words end in S.
| Byded | Bydes | Byked |
| Bykes | Bylaw | Byres |
| Byrls | Byssi | Bytes |
| Byway |
Words With BY In The Middle
One of these seven words is familiar.
| Abyes | Abysm | Abyss |
| Debye | Inbye | Sibyl |
| Upbye |
Words Ending In BY
Two of these fifty-one words have a K, J, Q, X or Z, which is worth five points or more in Scrabble.
| Barby | Bilby | Bobby |
| Booby | Bubby | Busby |
| Cabby | Carby | Cobby |
| Colby | Comby | Corby |
| Cubby | Dauby | Debby |
| Derby | Dobby | Fabby |
| Flyby | Forby | Fubby |
| Gabby | Gleby | Globy |
| Gobby | Gooby | Herby |
| Hobby | Hubby | Jumby |
| Kirby | Lamby | Limby |
| Lobby | Looby | Mauby |
| Mobby | Nobby | Nubby |
| Outby | Ribby | Rubby |
| Rugby | Subby | Tabby |
| Tubby | Warby | Webby |
| Womby | Yabby | Yobby |
Best 5 Letter Words With BY In Them For Wordle
Of the 68 words, thirty-seven repeat a letter, as Bobby, Hobby and Lobby do, so the picks are limited to words with five different letters. Two of the four picks end in Y.
| Rugby | Derby |
| Bytes | Bylaw |
Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words With BY In Them In Scrabble
Jumby leads at 19 points, and Byway and Flyby follow at 16.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Jumby | 19 |
| Byway | 16 |
| Flyby | 16 |
| Byked | 15 |
| Fabby | 15 |
| Fubby | 15 |
| Hobby | 15 |
| Hubby | 15 |
| Webby | 15 |
| Womby | 15 |
| Yabby | 15 |
| Yobby | 15 |
Meanings Of 5 Letter Words With BY In Them
Each word is defined in its everyday sense.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Abyss | A very deep chasm |
| Bobby | A British police officer, informally |
| Bylaw | A rule set by a local authority |
| Bytes | Units of digital data |
| Byway | A minor road |
| Cubby | A small enclosed space |
| Derby | A race or match between local rivals |
| Flyby | A close pass by an aircraft or spacecraft |
| Gabby | Talkative |
| Hobby | An activity done for pleasure |
| Hubby | Husband, informally |
| Lobby | An entrance hall, or to persuade officials |
| Nubby | Having a surface of small lumps |
| Rugby | A team sport played with an oval ball |
| Sibyl | A female prophet |
| Tabby | A cat with striped fur |
| Tubby | Round and plump |
FAQs
There are 68 in total. Nine are familiar words such as Rugby, Bobby and Derby, and the other 59 are rarer terms accepted in Scrabble.
The strongest are Rugby, Derby, Bytes and Bylaw. Each has five different letters, so a single guess tests three new tiles beside B and Y.
The highest score is 19 points, from Jumby. Byway and Flyby are next at 16.
There are ten, such as Bytes, Bylaw and Byway. One of them is a familiar word.
There are fifty-one, such as Rugby, Bobby, Derby and Lobby. Seven of them are familiar words.
Y is the final letter of 52 of the 68 words, ahead of S with 7 and E with 3. These three letters end 62 of the 68 words.
There are twenty-five, such as Bobby, Hobby, Lobby, Tubby and Cabby. Bobby, Hobby and Lobby are the most familiar.
There are thirty-seven that repeat a letter, out of the 68 words. Bobby, Hobby and Lobby are three of them.
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