Is YACKS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts YACKS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is YACKS worth?

YACKS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to YACKS?

YACKS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

YACKS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points

Yes. YACKS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.

y4a1c3k5s1

PlayableYACKS · 5 letters · 14 pts Scrabble · 14 pts WWF

14points in Scrabble

14points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 522,830odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept YACKS?

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: 37 / 100

37WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.8

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

3.6%

Our own measure of how useful YACKS is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for YACKS

Front hooks — 1

kyacks19

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How YACKS scores

Scrabble y4a1c3k5s1 14

Words with Friends y3a1c4k5s1 14

Face value of the 5 tiles in YACKS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
y	1	2
a	1	9
c	1	2
k	1	1
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.

Anagrams of YACKS

casky14

The 5 tiles of YACKS in a different order — 1 found.

Words ending in YACKS

kyacks19 chyacks21

2 words end in YACKS. Useful as a back hook: play YACKS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in YACKS

caky13 yack13 kays11 yaks11 cask10 sack10 cays9 kay10 sky10 yak10 ack9 cay8 aks7 ask7 kas7 ska7 ays6 say6 yas6 sac5 ky9 ka6 ay5 ya5 as2

Common questions about YACKS

Is YACKS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts YACKS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is YACKS worth?: YACKS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to YACKS?: YACKS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YACKS:

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