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Is BYPASSING a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, BYPASSING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does BYPASSING mean?

Bypassing is a form of BYPASS.

  1. verb

    avoid something unpleasant or laborious

    “You cannot bypass these rules!”

  2. noun

    a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

  3. noun

    a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)

  4. noun

    a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9

B (3) + Y (4) + P (3) + A (1) + S (1) + S (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 17 points in Scrabble.

Dictionary status

  • Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
  • Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
  • Words With FriendsListed

Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.

Hooks for BYPASSING

BYPASSING has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.

Front hooks0

None. Nothing can be added to the front.

Back hooks0

None. Nothing can be added to the end.

Words you can make from BYPASSING

The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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