YAHRZEIT is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. YAHRZEIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAHRZEIT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAHRZEIT is to know. It scores 23 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAHRZEIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yahrzeitsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAHRZEIT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in YAHRZEIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so YAHRZEIT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about YAHRZEIT
- All 8 letters of YAHRZEIT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YAHRZEIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
The yearly anniversary of a relative's death, marked in Jewish tradition by lighting a candle and reciting prayers.
A yahrzeit follows the Hebrew calendar, so its date on the ordinary calendar shifts from year to year. Families often light a long-burning candle at home on the yahrzeit and say the Kaddish at services.
How YAHRZEIT is used
Yahrzeit is used in Jewish communities and in English writing about Jewish customs.
- On the yahrzeit of her father, she lit a candle at dusk.
- The synagogue sends a reminder before each yahrzeit.
- My grandmother never missed a yahrzeit in sixty years.
- He said Kaddish on the yahrzeit with his brothers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAHRZEIT and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YAHRZEIT
1 longer words begin with YAHRZEIT.
Shorter words from the letters in YAHRZEIT
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Common questions about YAHRZEIT
- Is YAHRZEIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAHRZEIT, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAHRZEIT worth?
- YAHRZEIT is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAHRZEIT mean?
- The yearly anniversary of a relative's death, marked in Jewish tradition by lighting a candle and reciting prayers.
- What letters can be added to YAHRZEIT?
- YAHRZEIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of YAHRZEIT:
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