YAFFLE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. YAFFLE 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 YAFFLE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAFFLE is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAFFLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yafflesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAFFLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in YAFFLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does YAFFLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishdialect
The green woodpecker of Europe, a bird with a loud laughing call.
Yaffle is a country name that imitates the bird's ringing cry. It is mostly heard in English regional speech and in older nature writing rather than in field guides.
How YAFFLE is used
The word yaffle belongs to rural British speech and to poetry or books about birds and woodland.
- We heard a yaffle laughing from the oak at the end of the lane.
- The yaffle probed the lawn for ants with its long tongue.
- A bright green yaffle flew off across the meadow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAFFLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YAFFLE
1 longer words begin with YAFFLE.
Shorter words from the letters in YAFFLE
Common questions about YAFFLE
- Is YAFFLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAFFLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAFFLE worth?
- YAFFLE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAFFLE mean?
- The green woodpecker of Europe, a bird with a loud laughing call.
- What letters can be added to YAFFLE?
- YAFFLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of YAFFLE:
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