YAULD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YAULD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAULD?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAULD is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAULD
No single letter turns YAULD into another word.
How YAULD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YAULD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does YAULD mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Still active, vigorous, and full of energy, especially said of someone advanced in years.
Yauld is a Scots word most often applied to older people who remain surprisingly strong, quick, and lively despite their age, carrying a note of admiration rather than surprise. It has no single-word English equivalent; sprightly comes close but lacks the specific connection to old age that yauld carries, and hardy focuses more on toughness than on liveliness. The word survives mainly in Scottish speech and older regional writing rather than in everyday standard English.
How YAULD is used
Chiefly Scots, typically describing an elderly person who remains lively and strong.
- Her grandfather is still remarkably yauld at ninety.
- The old shepherd stayed yauld well into his eighties.
- Despite her years, she remains a yauld and busy gardener.
- Neighbors admired how yauld the old farmer had stayed.
- He walked the hills like a yauld man half his age.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAULD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YAULD
Common questions about YAULD
- Is YAULD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAULD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAULD worth?
- YAULD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAULD mean?
- Still active, vigorous, and full of energy, especially said of someone advanced in years.
- What letters can be added to YAULD?
- No single letter can be added to YAULD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YAULD:
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