YARROW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. YARROW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YARROW?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YARROW is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YARROW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yarrowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YARROW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in YARROW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 275,938.
What does YARROW mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A hardy wild plant with feathery leaves and flat clusters of small white or pinkish flowers.
Yarrow grows along roadsides, hedges and pastures across Europe and Asia and has spread to North America. Its strongly scented leaves are finely divided, and herbalists have long used the plant to dress wounds. Gardeners grow cultivated forms for dried flower arrangements and for borders.
How YARROW is used
Used in gardening, herbal lore and nature writing.
- White yarrow lined the edge of the meadow.
- She dried yarrow for the winter bouquet.
- Bees crowded the flat yarrow heads in July.
- The old herbal recommends yarrow for cuts.
- We planted yarrow along the sunny wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YARROW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YARROW
The 6 tiles of YARROW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YARROW
1 longer words begin with YARROW.
Shorter words from the letters in YARROW
Common questions about YARROW
- Is YARROW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YARROW, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YARROW worth?
- YARROW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YARROW mean?
- A hardy wild plant with feathery leaves and flat clusters of small white or pinkish flowers.
- What letters can be added to YARROW?
- YARROW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of YARROW:
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