YELP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YELP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YELP?
| 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 YELP is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YELP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YELP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YELP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does YELP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To give a short sharp cry.
Yelp is Old English and originally described boasting rather than pain, which is a considerable change of direction. The sound sense took over completely by the sixteenth century.
How YELP is used
Yelped, yelps. Also a noun.
- The dog yelped once and then kept quiet.
- The word yelp first meant boasting.
- A yelp of surprise rather than of pain.
- Two yelps and the whole street was awake.
- Yelp changed meaning entirely by the sixteenth century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YELP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YELP
6 longer words begin with YELP.
Words ending in YELP
2 words end in YELP. Useful as a back hook: play YELP onto a word already on the board.
Words with YELP inside
3 words contain YELP in the middle. Words that start with YELP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YELP
Common questions about YELP
- Is YELP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YELP, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YELP worth?
- YELP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YELP mean?
- To give a short sharp cry.
- What letters can be added to YELP?
- YELP takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YELP:
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