YAMMER is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. YAMMER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAMMER?
| 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 YAMMER is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAMMER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yammersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAMMER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in YAMMER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What does YAMMER mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To talk or complain on and on in a loud, tiresome voice.
Yammer carries an edge of irritation: the person who yammers is not just speaking at length but doing so in a way that wears on the listener, often with a whine or a grievance. The sound of the word itself, with its repeated m, seems to echo the drone it describes. It can also describe animals or machines that make a loud, repeated noise. As a noun it names the sustained racket or the stream of complaint.
How YAMMER is used
Informal; usually critical of the speaker or the noise.
- The radio host would yammer about traffic for an hour at a time.
- Please do not yammer at me about the schedule again.
- Seagulls yammer over every scrap on the pier.
- He began to yammer as soon as the meeting turned to budgets.
- The old engine would yammer loudly before it finally started.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAMMER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YAMMER
6 longer words begin with YAMMER.
Shorter words from the letters in YAMMER
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Common questions about YAMMER
- Is YAMMER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAMMER, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAMMER worth?
- YAMMER is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAMMER mean?
- To talk or complain on and on in a loud, tiresome voice.
- What letters can be added to YAMMER?
- YAMMER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of YAMMER:
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