YAW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAW?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAW is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does YAW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To swing from side to side around a vertical axis.
Yaw is one of three words that between them describe everything a ship or an aircraft can do — yaw, pitch and roll, one for each axis. Of the three it is the one a passenger notices least and the one a pilot works hardest to prevent.
How YAW is used
Intransitive: the aircraft yawed. Also a noun.
- The aircraft yawed in the crosswind and settled again.
- A ship yaws when the sea comes from behind.
- Yaw, pitch and roll are one for each axis.
- The tail fin exists to stop the thing yawing.
- Nobody in a cabin can feel a small yaw.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YAW
The 3 tiles of YAW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YAW
Showing 24 of 32 words that begin with YAW.
Words with YAW inside
6 words contain YAW in the middle. Words that start with YAW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YAW
Common questions about YAW
- Is YAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAW, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAW worth?
- YAW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAW mean?
- To swing from side to side around a vertical axis.
- What letters can be added to YAW?
- YAW takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YAW:
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