YAMEN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. YAMEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAMEN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAMEN is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAMEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yamensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAMEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YAMEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does YAMEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The office and official residence of a local government official in imperial China.
A yamen served as both a magistrate's workplace and living quarters, combining a courtroom, administrative rooms and private space within a single walled compound in imperial China. Petitioners came to the yamen to bring disputes, pay taxes or seek rulings, making it the visible center of authority in a town or district. The institution ended with the fall of the imperial system in the early twentieth century, so the word now appears mainly in historical writing about China.
How YAMEN is used
A historical term for Chinese administration, found chiefly in accounts of imperial China rather than in modern contexts.
- Petitioners gathered outside the yamen to have their case heard.
- The magistrate lived and worked within the walls of the yamen.
- Records from the yamen listed every tax payment made that year.
- Historians describe the yamen as the center of local imperial authority.
- The old yamen building has since been converted into a museum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAMEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YAMEN
The 5 tiles of YAMEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YAMEN
1 longer words begin with YAMEN.
Shorter words from the letters in YAMEN
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Common questions about YAMEN
- Is YAMEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAMEN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAMEN worth?
- YAMEN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAMEN mean?
- The office and official residence of a local government official in imperial China.
- What letters can be added to YAMEN?
- YAMEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YAMEN:
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