YAPOK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. YAPOK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAPOK?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAPOK is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAPOK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yapoksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAPOK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YAPOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does YAPOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A South and Central American aquatic opossum with webbed hind feet, also known as the water opossum.
The yapok is the only marsupial known to spend most of its life in rivers and streams, ranging from Central America down through much of South America in search of fish, crustaceans and other small prey. Its dense, water-repellent fur helps keep it dry and warm while it swims with powerful, coordinated strokes rarely matched among mammals, and females even have a pouch that seals shut to protect the young during a dive. Zoologists call the animal the water opossum, and yapok is the name most often used in scientific and popular accounts of its unusual biology. Despite its distinctive habits, the yapok is rarely seen because it is nocturnal and lives along remote waterways.
How YAPOK is used
A specialized zoological term, used mainly in accounts of South and Central American wildlife.
- The yapok is the only marsupial known to live mainly in water.
- Researchers tracked a yapok swimming along the riverbank at night.
- The pouch of a female yapok closes tightly to keep her young dry.
- Local fishermen occasionally spot a yapok hunting near their nets.
- The zoo's new exhibit features a yapok in a recreated stream habitat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAPOK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YAPOK
1 longer words begin with YAPOK.
Shorter words from the letters in YAPOK
Common questions about YAPOK
- Is YAPOK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAPOK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAPOK worth?
- YAPOK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAPOK mean?
- A South and Central American aquatic opossum with webbed hind feet, also known as the water opossum.
- What letters can be added to YAPOK?
- YAPOK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YAPOK:
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