YECHY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. YECHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YECHY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YECHY is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YECHY
No single letter turns YECHY into another word.
How YECHY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YECHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,568 thousand.
What stands out about YECHY
- YECHY 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 YECHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
slanginformal
Disgusting or unpleasant; yucky.
Yechy describes something that provokes an immediate reaction of disgust, whether it is a smell, a taste, or a sight. It is built from the interjection yech, an exclamation of revulsion, in the same way that yucky comes from yuck. The word is mostly heard in casual speech and rarely appears in formal writing.
How YECHY is used
Informal and used mainly in casual conversation, especially among children.
- The children called the soggy sandwich yechy.
- He made a yechy face at the smell from the bin.
- She refused to touch the yechy leftovers.
- The swamp water looked thick and yechy.
- Nobody wanted to finish the yechy dessert.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YECHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YECHY
Common questions about YECHY
- Is YECHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YECHY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YECHY worth?
- YECHY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YECHY mean?
- Disgusting or unpleasant; yucky.
- What letters can be added to YECHY?
- No single letter can be added to YECHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YECHY:
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