KYANG is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. KYANG 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 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KYANG?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KYANG is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KYANG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kyangsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KYANG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KYANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 232,369.
What does KYANG mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyrare
A Tibetan wild ass, known too as the kiang, native to the high plateaus of Central Asia.
A kyang stands taller than a domestic donkey and lives in herds that graze the cold, dry grasslands of Tibet and neighbouring parts of China. Herders and travellers on the plateau have long distinguished the kyang from the smaller wild asses of the surrounding deserts by its reddish-brown summer coat. The name kyang comes from the Tibetan language and reached English mainly through accounts of expeditions across the plateau.
How KYANG is used
The word kyang turns up in accounts of Tibetan wildlife far more often than in everyday English.
- A herd of kyang crossed the valley just after sunrise.
- The naturalist photographed a lone kyang grazing near the lake.
- Local herders say the kyang avoids areas grazed by domestic yaks.
- Few travellers outside Tibet have ever seen a kyang in the wild.
- The reserve was created partly to protect the region's remaining kyang.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KYANG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KYANG
1 longer words begin with KYANG.
Shorter words from the letters in KYANG
Common questions about KYANG
- Is KYANG valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KYANG is not in it.
- How many points is KYANG worth?
- KYANG is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KYANG mean?
- A Tibetan wild ass, known too as the kiang, native to the high plateaus of Central Asia.
- What letters can be added to KYANG?
- KYANG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KYANG:
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