OYS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. OYS 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept OYS?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OYS is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 12 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OYS
Back hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OYS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OYS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does OYS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
Grandchildren, in the Scots plural of oy.
Oys lets a Scots speaker talk about several grandchildren at once, following the same pattern as the singular oy. The word sits alongside other regional terms for family members that never spread into standard English.
How OYS is used
Used in Scots dialect speech and writing, not in standard English.
- Her oys all gathered at the farmhouse for the holiday.
- He proudly counted his oys as they ran across the yard.
- The old woman kept photographs of every one of her oys.
- Both of her oys had moved south for work by autumn.
- The family reunion brought together cousins, oys, and great-oys alike.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OYS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OYS
The 3 tiles of OYS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OYS
13 longer words begin with OYS.
Words ending in OYS
Showing 24 of 127 words that end in OYS. Useful as a back hook: play OYS onto a word already on the board.
Words with OYS inside
Showing 24 of 46 words that contain OYS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OYS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OYS
Common questions about OYS
- Is OYS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and OYS is not in it.
- How many points is OYS worth?
- OYS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OYS mean?
- Grandchildren, in the Scots plural of oy.
- What letters can be added to OYS?
- OYS takes 12 hooks: 12 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OYS:
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