YACK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. YACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YACK?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YACK is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YACK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YACK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What does YACK mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To talk at length about nothing much.
Yack and yak are one word with two spellings, and both imitate the sound of chatter. The animal spelled the same way is unrelated and came into English from Tibetan.
How YACK is used
Yacked, yacking. Also spelled yak.
- They yacked for an hour and decided nothing.
- The word yack imitates the sound of chatter.
- A yack about the weather fills a lift ride.
- The animal spelled that way is a separate word from yack.
- Two people yacking over a third who was speaking.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YACK
The 4 tiles of YACK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YACK
7 longer words begin with YACK.
Words ending in YACK
2 words end in YACK. Useful as a back hook: play YACK onto a word already on the board.
Words with YACK inside
4 words contain YACK in the middle. Words that start with YACK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YACK
Common questions about YACK
- Is YACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YACK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YACK worth?
- YACK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YACK mean?
- To talk at length about nothing much.
- What letters can be added to YACK?
- YACK takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YACK:
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