YAD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. YAD 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YAD?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAD is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does YAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A pointer used for reading the Torah scroll.
A yad ends in a small hand with one finger out, and the name means hand for that reason. It exists so that the parchment is never touched by skin, which would damage it — the reader follows the line with the pointer instead of a finger.
How YAD is used
Countable: a yad, two yads.
- The yad is silver and older than the synagogue.
- A yad keeps skin off the parchment.
- The reader followed the line with the yad.
- The word yad means hand and the pointer is shaped as one.
- Two yads hang beside the ark and one is never used.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YAD
The 3 tiles of YAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YAD
1 longer words begin with YAD.
Words ending in YAD
4 words end in YAD. Useful as a back hook: play YAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with YAD inside
18 words contain YAD in the middle. Words that start with YAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YAD
Common questions about YAD
- Is YAD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YAD is not in it.
- How many points is YAD worth?
- YAD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAD mean?
- A pointer used for reading the Torah scroll.
- What letters can be added to YAD?
- YAD takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YAD:
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