Is BYSSUS a word?

BYSSUS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 11 shorter words built from the same letters.

Yes, BYSSUS is a valid word.

Scrabble 11Words With Friends 12Length 6

What does byssus mean?

noun: tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface.

Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.

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BYSSUS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.

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What does BYSSUS mean?

BYSSUS is a noun. It means: tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface.

Is BYSSUS a valid word?

Yes, BYSSUS is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.

Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.