YARD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. YARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YARD?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YARD is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YARD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YARD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about YARD
- The same 4 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 YARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A unit of length in the imperial system equal to three feet, or about 0.914 metres.
The yard has been used as a unit of length since medieval England, originally based on the length of a human stride or forearm. Today a yard is standardized as exactly 0.9144 metres and remains common in the United States and in some British measurements such as fabric and sports fields.
How YARD is used
Yard is usually used without an article when giving a measurement, as in "ten yards long".
- The garden measured twenty yards from the gate to the back fence.
- A football field is one hundred yards long in American football.
- She bought three yards of blue fabric for the curtains.
- The runner sprinted the final ten yards to win the race.
- One yard equals thirty-six inches exactly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YARD
The 4 tiles of YARD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with YARD
Showing 24 of 28 words that begin with YARD.
Words ending in YARD
Showing 24 of 51 words that end in YARD. Useful as a back hook: play YARD onto a word already on the board.
Words with YARD inside
Showing 24 of 50 words that contain YARD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with YARD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YARD
Common questions about YARD
- Is YARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YARD, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YARD worth?
- YARD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YARD mean?
- A unit of length in the imperial system equal to three feet, or about 0.914 metres.
- What letters can be added to YARD?
- YARD takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YARD:
Open YARD in the Word Finder