YAHOO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. YAHOO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAHOO?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful YAHOO is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAHOO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yahoosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAHOO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YAHOO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 74,690.
What does YAHOO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalhumorous
A crude, loud or uncultured person who behaves in a rough or unruly way.
Yahoo comes from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, where the Yahoos were brutish, humanlike creatures ruled by their basest instincts, and the word later passed into general English as a humorous or mildly insulting label for a rowdy, tactless person. It is used more in speech than in formal writing, often about someone whose behaviour is loud, careless or lacking in manners rather than genuinely dangerous. The tone is usually exasperated amusement rather than serious condemnation.
How YAHOO is used
Informal and often humorous; used to describe someone acting in a rowdy or boorish manner rather than as a formal insult.
- A group of yahoos were shouting outside the pub at midnight.
- He drove like a yahoo through the quiet neighbourhood.
- She refused to let a few yahoos ruin the concert.
- The referee warned the yahoo in the front row to calm down.
- Only a yahoo would leave litter all over a public beach.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAHOO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YAHOO
3 longer words begin with YAHOO.
Shorter words from the letters in YAHOO
Common questions about YAHOO
- Is YAHOO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAHOO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAHOO worth?
- YAHOO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAHOO mean?
- A crude, loud or uncultured person who behaves in a rough or unruly way.
- What letters can be added to YAHOO?
- YAHOO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YAHOO:
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