YEGGMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. YEGGMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YEGGMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YEGGMAN is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YEGGMAN
No single letter turns YEGGMAN into another word.
How YEGGMAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in YEGGMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does YEGGMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
slanghistorical
A burglar who breaks into safes, especially in early twentieth-century American slang.
The yeggman belongs to the vocabulary of old crime stories and tramp slang, where such thieves travelled from town to town. The word is a variant of yegg, and the plural is yeggmen. It sounds dated today.
How YEGGMAN is used
Yeggman turns up mostly in historical writing about American crime.
- The yeggman worked the lock all night.
- A famous yeggman was caught outside the bank.
- Detectives described the yeggman as patient and quiet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YEGGMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YEGGMAN
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Common questions about YEGGMAN
- Is YEGGMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YEGGMAN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YEGGMAN worth?
- YEGGMAN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YEGGMAN mean?
- A burglar who breaks into safes, especially in early twentieth-century American slang.
- What letters can be added to YEGGMAN?
- No single letter can be added to YEGGMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of YEGGMAN:
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