YCLEPED is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. YCLEPED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YCLEPED?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YCLEPED is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YCLEPED
No single letter turns YCLEPED into another word.
How YCLEPED scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in YCLEPED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,895 thousand.
What does YCLEPED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaichumorous
Called or named, used in old-fashioned or humorous writing.
Ycleped is a past participle of an old verb meaning to call, and it keeps the old prefix y-. Modern authors use it for an antique flavour, as in a knight ycleped Roland. The more common spelling is yclept.
How YCLEPED is used
Archaic or jokey word introducing a name.
- The tavern, ycleped the Black Swan, stood by the road.
- A knight ycleped Sir Gawain rode into the town.
- He wrote of a village ycleped Little Weston.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YCLEPED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YCLEPED
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Common questions about YCLEPED
- Is YCLEPED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YCLEPED, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YCLEPED worth?
- YCLEPED is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YCLEPED mean?
- Called or named, used in old-fashioned or humorous writing.
- What letters can be added to YCLEPED?
- No single letter can be added to YCLEPED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of YCLEPED:
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