YATE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. YATE 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YATE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YATE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YATE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does YATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyAustralian
A small eucalyptus tree from Australia that produces very hard, durable timber.
Yate is the common name for a eucalyptus species native to Western Australia, valued for wood so hard and dense that it was once used for tool handles and fence posts. The same short word is also an old dialect form of gate, unrelated to the tree, found in older poetic spelling.
How YATE is used
Technical and regional; used in botany and Australian forestry rather than everyday speech.
- The fence posts were cut from tough yate timber.
- Yate trees grow in the drier parts of Western Australia.
- Woodworkers prize yate for its hardness.
- The old shed was framed with yate beams.
- Beekeepers value the nectar from flowering yate trees.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YATE
1 longer words begin with YATE.
Shorter words from the letters in YATE
Common questions about YATE
- Is YATE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YATE is not in it.
- How many points is YATE worth?
- YATE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YATE mean?
- A small eucalyptus tree from Australia that produces very hard, durable timber.
- What letters can be added to YATE?
- YATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YATE:
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