YAKKER is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. YAKKER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAKKER?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAKKER is to know. It scores 17 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAKKER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yakkersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAKKER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in YAKKER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. YAKKER needs 1 blank tile.
What does YAKKER mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who talks a lot, usually about unimportant things.
A yakker keeps chatting long after the point has been made, for example on the phone or at the back of a classroom. The word is casual and a bit teasing.
How YAKKER is used
Yakker is informal slang, formed from the verb yak.
- My neighbour is a real yakker and never stops.
- The yakker on the bus talked all the way to the station.
- Nobody sat next to the yakker at lunch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAKKER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YAKKER
1 longer words begin with YAKKER.
Shorter words from the letters in YAKKER
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Common questions about YAKKER
- Is YAKKER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAKKER, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAKKER worth?
- YAKKER is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAKKER mean?
- A person who talks a lot, usually about unimportant things.
- What letters can be added to YAKKER?
- YAKKER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of YAKKER:
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