YA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points

Yes. YA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.

Which word lists accept YA?

Word power: 61 / 100

Our own measure of how useful YA is to know. It scores 5 from 2 tiles, takes 13 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for YA

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How YA scores

Face value of the 2 tiles in YA, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 275.

What stands out about YA

• YA is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

What does YA mean in Scrabble?

pronoun

Written for this site: 1 meaning of YA and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Anagrams of YA

The 2 tiles of YA in a different order — 1 found.

Words starting with YA

Showing 24 of 300 words that begin with YA.

Words ending in YA

Showing 24 of 56 words that end in YA. Useful as a back hook: play YA onto a word already on the board.

Words with YA inside

Showing 24 of 935 words that contain YA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with YA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Common questions about YA

Is YA valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts YA, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is YA worth?

YA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.

What does YA mean?

You, in casual speech.

What letters can be added to YA?

YA takes 13 hooks: 2 in front and 11 at the end.