YEAST is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. YEAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YEAST?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YEAST is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YEAST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YEAST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YEAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does YEAST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A microscopic fungus that ferments sugars, producing carbon dioxide and alcohol, widely used in baking to make dough rise and in brewing to make beer and wine.
Bakers mix yeast into dough so that it feeds on the sugars present and releases carbon dioxide gas, which becomes trapped in the dough and makes it rise before baking. Brewers rely on a different but related process, using yeast to convert sugars in a liquid mash into alcohol, a step central to making beer, wine and other fermented drinks. Under a microscope, yeast appears as a single-celled organism that reproduces by budding, growing new cells directly off an existing one rather than through more complex reproduction. Some strains of yeast also live naturally on the skin of fruit such as grapes, allowing traditional winemakers to ferment juice using only the wild yeast already present rather than adding a cultivated strain.
How YEAST is used
Extremely common in everyday cooking, baking and brewing contexts wherever fermentation is involved.
- The recipe calls for a packet of dried yeast.
- She let the dough rest so the yeast could work.
- Brewers add yeast to start the fermentation process.
- Wild yeast on the grape skins begins fermenting the juice naturally.
- The bread failed to rise because the yeast was too old.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YEAST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YEAST
The 5 tiles of YEAST in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YEAST
11 longer words begin with YEAST.
Shorter words from the letters in YEAST
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Common questions about YEAST
- Is YEAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YEAST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YEAST worth?
- YEAST is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YEAST mean?
- A microscopic fungus that ferments sugars, producing carbon dioxide and alcohol, widely used in baking to make dough rise and in brewing to make beer and wine.
- What letters can be added to YEAST?
- YEAST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YEAST:
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