YAP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. YAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAP?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAP is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about YAP
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YAP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To bark in short high sounds.
Yap is what a small dog does, and the word carries that size with it: nothing large has ever been described as yapping. Used of people it means talking without stopping and without saying much, and that sense is older in America than in Britain.
How YAP is used
Intransitive. Also a noun — a yap, two yaps.
- The terrier yaps at everything that passes the gate.
- A yap from that dog carries three streets.
- He yapped through the whole film and noticed nothing.
- Two dogs yapping at each other settle nothing.
- Nothing bigger than a spaniel is said to yap.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YAP
The 3 tiles of YAP in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with YAP
22 longer words begin with YAP.
Words ending in YAP
1 words end in YAP. Useful as a back hook: play YAP onto a word already on the board.
Words with YAP inside
6 words contain YAP in the middle. Words that start with YAP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YAP
Common questions about YAP
- Is YAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAP, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAP worth?
- YAP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAP mean?
- To bark in short high sounds.
- What letters can be added to YAP?
- YAP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YAP:
Open YAP in the Word Finder