YARCO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. YARCO 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YARCO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YARCO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YARCO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yarcosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YARCO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YARCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does YARCO mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australianslangoffensive
An informal Australian and New Zealand term for a young working-class person associated with cheap branded sportswear, generally used as an insult.
Yarco groups a person by dress and manner rather than by anything they have done, in the way that similar slang in other English-speaking countries marks someone out by clothing and accent. It is heard mainly in casual speech and online argument rather than in print, and most speakers who use yarco intend it as a put-down rather than a neutral label. Dictionaries that record it mark it as offensive rather than as a plain descriptive term.
How YARCO is used
Informal and derogatory; avoided in formal writing and in addressing someone directly.
- Some people use yarco to mock a person's clothing and accent.
- The newspaper was criticised for printing yarco in a headline.
- He called the boy a yarco because of his tracksuit and cap.
- Slang like yarco groups a person by appearance rather than by anything they have done.
- She found the word yarco offensive and asked her son not to use it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YARCO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YARCO
The 5 tiles of YARCO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YARCO
1 longer words begin with YARCO.
Shorter words from the letters in YARCO
Common questions about YARCO
- Is YARCO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YARCO is not in it.
- How many points is YARCO worth?
- YARCO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YARCO mean?
- An informal Australian and New Zealand term for a young working-class person associated with cheap branded sportswear, generally used as an insult.
- What letters can be added to YARCO?
- YARCO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YARCO:
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