Definitions for byways

byways by·way

Spelling: [bahy-wey]
IPA: /ˈbaɪˌweɪ/

Byways is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in byways (abswyy).

Definitions for byways

noun

  1. a secluded, private, or obscure road.
  2. a subsidiary or obscure field of research, endeavor, etc.

Origin of byways

1300-50; Middle English bywey. See by1 (adj.), way1

Examples for byways

It is a vile road, and I must take the byway through the forest.

Mr. Bangs rode along every highway and byway, day after day, not missing a trick.

The lawyer turned into a byway which carried him through the Ghetto.

From every farm and byway came men to have a word with the superintendent.

The street might have been a byway in old Pompeii for all the life that moved within it.

One evening, in a byway where he was watching for her, Margot at last raised her hand.

Robbie had turned into a byway that bore the name of King's Arms Lane.

The cabin of the Reverdys stood on a byway beyond the Gillespies.

And presently he slipped out by a byway into the street again, among the savages.

It meant that he knew every trail and byway for miles about Temple Camp.

Word Value for byways
Scrable

16

Words with friends

15

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