YELLOW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. YELLOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YELLOW?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YELLOW is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YELLOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YELLOW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in YELLOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does YELLOW mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Of the colour between green and orange, like a ripe lemon or the yolk of an egg.
Yellow is the colour of lemons, butter and sunflowers, and it sits between green and orange in the spectrum. In everyday talk it also means cowardly, as in a yellow streak, and it can describe the sensational press, as in yellow journalism. As a verb it means to turn yellow, the way old paper does.
How YELLOW is used
Common colour word; also a noun and a verb.
- She painted the kitchen door bright yellow.
- The leaves turn yellow in late autumn.
- He was accused of being yellow when he ran away.
- A yellow card warns a player in football.
- Old newspapers yellow if left in the sun.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YELLOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YELLOW
Showing 24 of 43 words that begin with YELLOW.
Shorter words from the letters in YELLOW
Common questions about YELLOW
- Is YELLOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YELLOW, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YELLOW worth?
- YELLOW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YELLOW mean?
- Of the colour between green and orange, like a ripe lemon or the yolk of an egg.
- What letters can be added to YELLOW?
- YELLOW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of YELLOW:
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