YABBY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. YABBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YABBY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YABBY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YABBY
No single letter turns YABBY into another word.
How YABBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YABBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,365 thousand.
What stands out about YABBY
- YABBY begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YABBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australianzoology
A small freshwater crayfish native to Australia, often found in rivers, dams and muddy burrows.
The yabby digs burrows in the banks of rivers and dams and can survive dry periods by staying deep in damp mud. It is a familiar sight to Australian children, who often catch one with a piece of string and meat as bait, and it is also farmed for food. Several related species share the name across different regions of the country.
How YABBY is used
Everyday Australian English, used both in casual talk and in descriptions of native wildlife.
- The kids spent the afternoon trying to catch a yabby in the dam.
- A yabby burrow appeared at the edge of the muddy bank.
- The restaurant served grilled yabby as a local specialty.
- He tied a piece of meat to a string to lure a yabby.
- The dam was full of yabby holes after the dry summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YABBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YABBY
1 longer words begin with YABBY.
Shorter words from the letters in YABBY
Common questions about YABBY
- Is YABBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YABBY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YABBY worth?
- YABBY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YABBY mean?
- A small freshwater crayfish native to Australia, often found in rivers, dams and muddy burrows.
- What letters can be added to YABBY?
- No single letter can be added to YABBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YABBY:
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