YECCH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. YECCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YECCH?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YECCH is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YECCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yecchsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YECCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YECCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,568 thousand.
What does YECCH mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
Used to express strong disgust or revulsion, especially at something unpleasant to taste, smell or see.
Yecch is an exclamation people blurt out on encountering something repulsive, such as spoiled food, a bad smell or a disgusting sight, rather than a word used in ordinary sentences. It is spelled in several similar ways, including yech and ecch, all imitating the same instinctive sound of revulsion. The word carries no grammar of its own; it simply stands alone as a reaction.
How YECCH is used
Informal and purely exclamatory; used on its own rather than within a sentence.
- Yecch, this milk has gone completely sour.
- He said yecch and pushed the plate away.
- Yecch, there is mould growing on the bread.
- She wrinkled her nose and muttered yecch at the smell.
- Yecch, I stepped in something on the pavement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YECCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YECCH
1 longer words begin with YECCH.
Shorter words from the letters in YECCH
Common questions about YECCH
- Is YECCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YECCH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YECCH worth?
- YECCH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YECCH mean?
- Used to express strong disgust or revulsion, especially at something unpleasant to taste, smell or see.
- What letters can be added to YECCH?
- YECCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YECCH:
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