YARDWAND is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. YARDWAND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YARDWAND?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YARDWAND is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YARDWAND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yardwandsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YARDWAND scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in YARDWAND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so YARDWAND has to be built on the board across turns.
What does YARDWAND mean in Scrabble?
noun
rarehistorical
A stick three feet long used as a standard measure of length.
A yardwand served shopkeepers and cloth sellers who needed a quick, fixed length to measure against. The same idea survives in the modern word yardstick, which also stands for any standard of comparison.
How YARDWAND is used
Appears in older writing and in word lists as a near-synonym of yardstick.
- The draper laid the cloth along his yardwand.
- An old yardwand hung on the shop wall.
- Each yardwand was marked in equal divisions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YARDWAND and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YARDWAND
1 longer words begin with YARDWAND.
Shorter words from the letters in YARDWAND
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Common questions about YARDWAND
- Is YARDWAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YARDWAND, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YARDWAND worth?
- YARDWAND is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YARDWAND mean?
- A stick three feet long used as a standard measure of length.
- What letters can be added to YARDWAND?
- YARDWAND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of YARDWAND:
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