YAMPY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. YAMPY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YAMPY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAMPY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAMPY
No single letter turns YAMPY into another word.
How YAMPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YAMPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,091 thousand.
What stands out about YAMPY
- YAMPY begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YAMPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectBritish
A foolish or scatterbrained person, especially one behaving in a silly or crazy way.
Yampy is heard mainly in the English Midlands, where it describes someone acting daft or not thinking clearly, often affectionately rather than as a serious insult. It can also describe the behaviour itself rather than the person, as in calling an idea yampy. The word has stayed strongly regional and is rarely used outside its home dialect area.
How YAMPY is used
A regional dialect word, heard mostly in casual speech in the English Midlands.
- Stop acting like a yampy and put your coat on.
- Her grandmother still calls anyone careless a yampy.
- He felt a bit yampy after staying up all night.
- Only a yampy would leave the door open in this cold.
- The plan sounded yampy, but it somehow worked.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAMPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YAMPY
Common questions about YAMPY
- Is YAMPY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YAMPY is not in it.
- How many points is YAMPY worth?
- YAMPY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAMPY mean?
- A foolish or scatterbrained person, especially one behaving in a silly or crazy way.
- What letters can be added to YAMPY?
- No single letter can be added to YAMPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YAMPY:
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