YAPP is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. YAPP 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 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept YAPP?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAPP is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAPP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAPP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YAPP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 217,846.
What does YAPP mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A limp leather binding with overlapping edges.
Yapp is named after the London bookseller who introduced it, and it was used chiefly for bibles and prayer books. The overlapping edge protects the pages of a book carried in a pocket.
How YAPP is used
Countable and uncountable. Chiefly bookbinding.
- A yapp binding folds over the edge of the pages.
- The word yapp comes from a bookseller's surname.
- Bibles were bound in yapp for pocket use.
- Two yapp bindings from the same shop and the same decade.
- The overlap on a yapp is the whole point of it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAPP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YAPP
12 longer words begin with YAPP.
Words with YAPP inside
2 words contain YAPP in the middle. Words that start with YAPP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YAPP
Common questions about YAPP
- Is YAPP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAPP, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAPP worth?
- YAPP is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAPP mean?
- A limp leather binding with overlapping edges.
- What letters can be added to YAPP?
- YAPP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YAPP:
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