YAWN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. YAWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAWN?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAWN is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAWN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAWN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YAWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What stands out about YAWN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YAWN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To open the mouth wide from tiredness.
Yawning is contagious across species: dogs yawn when people do, and nobody has established why. The word is Old English and imitates the sound as closely as writing allows.
How YAWN is used
Yawned, yawning. Also a noun.
- She yawned and the whole room followed within a minute.
- The word yawn imitates the sound it names.
- A yawn is contagious between species and not only within.
- Nobody has explained why a yawn spreads.
- Two yawns in a meeting and the chair speeds up.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAWN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YAWN
The 4 tiles of YAWN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with YAWN
11 longer words begin with YAWN.
Shorter words from the letters in YAWN
Common questions about YAWN
- Is YAWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAWN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAWN worth?
- YAWN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAWN mean?
- To open the mouth wide from tiredness.
- What letters can be added to YAWN?
- YAWN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YAWN:
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