YAK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. YAK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAK?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAK is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAK scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YAK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,983.
What does YAK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long-haired ox of the high Himalaya.
A yak works at altitudes where cattle cannot breathe properly, and everything about it is built for that: dense hair, an enormous chest and blood that carries more oxygen than it should. The unrelated verb meaning to talk at length is American and about a century old.
How YAK is used
Countable: a yak, two yaks. Also a verb meaning to chatter.
- A yak carries more than a pony and eats less.
- The yak was clipped in spring and the hair was spun.
- Two yaks and a driver took the load over the pass.
- They yakked for an hour and settled nothing.
- Yak butter goes into the tea and into the lamps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YAK
The 3 tiles of YAK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YAK
16 longer words begin with YAK.
Words ending in YAK
3 words end in YAK. Useful as a back hook: play YAK onto a word already on the board.
Words with YAK inside
14 words contain YAK in the middle. Words that start with YAK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YAK
Common questions about YAK
- Is YAK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAK, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAK worth?
- YAK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAK mean?
- A long-haired ox of the high Himalaya.
- What letters can be added to YAK?
- YAK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YAK:
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