Is YAKS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAKS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is YAKS worth?

YAKS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to YAKS?

YAKS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

YAKS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points

Yes. YAKS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.

y4a1k5s1

PlayableYAKS · 4 letters · 11 pts Scrabble · 10 pts WWF

11points in Scrabble

10points in Words with Friends

4letters

1hook available

1 in 54,461odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept YAKS?

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

37WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.75

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful YAKS is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for YAKS

Front hooks — 1

kyaks16

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How YAKS scores

Scrabble y4a1k5s1 11

Words with Friends y3a1k5s1 10

Face value of the 4 tiles in YAKS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
y	1	2
a	1	9
k	1	1
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.

Anagrams of YAKS

kays11

The 4 tiles of YAKS in a different order — 1 found.

Words ending in YAKS

kyaks16 kayaks17 galyaks15

3 words end in YAKS. Useful as a back hook: play YAKS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in YAKS

kay10 sky10 yak10 aks7 ask7 kas7 ska7 ays6 say6 yas6 ky9 ka6 ay5 ya5 as2

Common questions about YAKS

Is YAKS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAKS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is YAKS worth?: YAKS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to YAKS?: YAKS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YAKS:

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