YAY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAY?
| 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 YAY is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,967.
What stands out about YAY
- YAY is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YAY mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
An exclamation of delight.
Yay is written far more than it is said, and it is one of the few exclamations that overuse has made ambiguous: in a message it can carry real pleasure or the exact opposite. A separate yay marks size, as in yay big, and that one is only ever spoken.
How YAY is used
Stands alone. Informal; also spelled yey.
- Yay, the parcel finally arrived.
- A yay with a full stop after it means the opposite.
- She held her hands yay far apart and shrugged.
- The word yay is safer said than written.
- Yay in a work message is almost never sincere.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YAY
1 longer words begin with YAY.
Words with YAY inside
2 words contain YAY in the middle. Words that start with YAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YAY
Common questions about YAY
- Is YAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAY worth?
- YAY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAY mean?
- An exclamation of delight.
- What letters can be added to YAY?
- YAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YAY:
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