YCLEPT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. YCLEPT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YCLEPT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YCLEPT is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YCLEPT
No single letter turns YCLEPT into another word.
How YCLEPT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in YCLEPT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What stands out about YCLEPT
- YCLEPT gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YCLEPT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaichumorous
Called by the name of; named.
Yclept is a leftover from older English, where the prefix y- marked a past participle and the verb meant to call or name. Today it survives almost only as a joke, dropped into a sentence to make an introduction sound grand and a little ridiculous. It follows the thing being named and comes just before the name itself. Seeing yclept in a modern text is a sign that the writer is playing with old-fashioned language on purpose.
How YCLEPT is used
Archaic; used today for humorous or mock-grand effect.
- A tavern yclept the Golden Goose stood at the crossroads.
- The author introduced a hero yclept Bartholomew Finch.
- He owned a small dog yclept Biscuit.
- The ship, yclept the Merry Gull, sailed at dawn.
- Her rival, one Mr. Pell yclept the Terror of Tuesdays, arrived late.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YCLEPT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YCLEPT
Common questions about YCLEPT
- Is YCLEPT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YCLEPT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YCLEPT worth?
- YCLEPT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YCLEPT mean?
- Called by the name of; named.
- What letters can be added to YCLEPT?
- No single letter can be added to YCLEPT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of YCLEPT:
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