Is YANGS valid in Words with Friends?

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

How many points is YANGS worth?

YANGS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to YANGS?

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

YANGS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points

Yes. YANGS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.

y4a1n1g2s1

PlayableYANGS · 5 letters · 9 pts Scrabble · 10 pts WWF

9points in Scrabble

10points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 58,092odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept YANGS?

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: 31 / 100

31WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.8

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.8%

Our own measure of how useful YANGS is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for YANGS

Front hooks — 1

kyangs14

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How YANGS scores

Scrabble y4a1n1g2s1 9

Words with Friends y3a1n2g3s1 10

Face value of the 5 tiles in YANGS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
y	1	2
a	1	9
n	1	6
g	1	3
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.

Anagrams of YANGS

gyans9

The 5 tiles of YANGS in a different order — 1 found.

Words ending in YANGS

kyangs14 wayangs14 bowyangs17 yingyangs17

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

Shorter words from the letters in YANGS

gays8 gyan8 sagy8 yags8 yang8 nays7 nyas7 gans5 nags5 sang5 snag5 gay7 yag7 any6 ays6 nay6 nys6 say6 sny6 syn6 yas6 ags4 gan4 gas4 nag4 sag4 ans3 nas3 san3 ay5 ny5 ya5 ag3 an2 as2 na2

Common questions about YANGS

Is YANGS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts YANGS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is YANGS worth?: YANGS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to YANGS?: YANGS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YANGS:

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