YELT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. YELT is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YELT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YELT is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YELT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yeltsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YELT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YELT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does YELT mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
An unbred young sow, the fuller dialect form of elt recorded in older farming glossaries.
Farmers distinguish a yelt from an older sow that has already farrowed. The word is a regional term used mainly in traditional stock-keeping vocabulary rather than modern general English.
How YELT is used
Found chiefly in older farming and dialect glossaries rather than in current everyday speech.
- The farmer kept the yelt separate from the older sows.
- A yelt is worth less at market than a sow that has already farrowed.
- They bred the yelt for the first time that spring.
- The old glossary listed yelt as another word for a young sow.
- He pointed out the yelt among the pigs in the pen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YELT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YELT
The 4 tiles of YELT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YELT
1 longer words begin with YELT.
Shorter words from the letters in YELT
Common questions about YELT
- Is YELT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YELT is not in it.
- How many points is YELT worth?
- YELT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YELT mean?
- An unbred young sow, the fuller dialect form of elt recorded in older farming glossaries.
- What letters can be added to YELT?
- YELT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YELT:
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