AYELP is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. AYELP is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AYELP?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AYELP is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AYELP
No single letter turns AYELP into another word.
How AYELP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AYELP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does AYELP mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaicdialect
In the act of yelping; giving out short, sharp cries.
Ayelp is built the same way as agog or aflame, with the old prefix a- placed before a verb to show a state or action in progress. It was mainly applied to dogs and other animals caught mid-cry, and the construction is now unproductive in ordinary speech.
How AYELP is used
Rare; turns up mostly in dialect glossaries and older regional writing about animals.
- The pack went ayelp across the field.
- A dog ayelp at the gate woke the whole house.
- The old glossary lists ayelp beside agog.
- She heard the hounds ayelp long before they came into view.
- Ayelp described the puppy the moment its paw was trodden on.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AYELP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AYELP
Common questions about AYELP
- Is AYELP valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AYELP is not in it.
- How many points is AYELP worth?
- AYELP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AYELP mean?
- In the act of yelping; giving out short, sharp cries.
- What letters can be added to AYELP?
- No single letter can be added to AYELP to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AYELP:
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