YEASTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. YEASTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YEASTY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YEASTY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YEASTY
No single letter turns YEASTY into another word.
How YEASTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in YEASTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What stands out about YEASTY
- YEASTY begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YEASTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Smelling, tasting or foaming like yeast, or full of lively, restless energy.
Yeasty first describes the warm, bready smell of dough, beer or a brewery, and the frothy look of something that is fermenting. Writers extend it to atmospheres and periods that seem to bubble with creative energy, a yeasty time for new ideas. The sense of being unsettled and stirring is part of the comparison.
How YEASTY is used
Literal for smell and taste; figurative for lively, churning times.
- The bakery had a warm, yeasty smell.
- This beer has a yeasty finish.
- It was a yeasty decade for young artists.
- The yeasty froth rose over the rim of the jar.
- A yeasty crowd filled the square.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YEASTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YEASTY
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Common questions about YEASTY
- Is YEASTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YEASTY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YEASTY worth?
- YEASTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YEASTY mean?
- Smelling, tasting or foaming like yeast, or full of lively, restless energy.
- What letters can be added to YEASTY?
- No single letter can be added to YEASTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of YEASTY:
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