YEN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. YEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YEN?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YEN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YEN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does YEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A strong desire or longing.
A yen of this kind has nothing to do with the currency: it came from a Chinese word for a craving, brought into English through the opium trade of the nineteenth century. The coincidence with the Japanese money is complete accident.
How YEN is used
Countable: a yen for something. The currency is a separate word.
- He had a yen for the sea and no boat.
- A yen for travel is cheaper to have than to satisfy.
- The word yen for a longing came through the opium trade.
- She got a yen for baking and filled the freezer.
- The yen of desire and the yen of money are unrelated.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YEN
The 3 tiles of YEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YEN
7 longer words begin with YEN.
Words ending in YEN
5 words end in YEN. Useful as a back hook: play YEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with YEN inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain YEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with YEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YEN
Common questions about YEN
- Is YEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YEN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YEN worth?
- YEN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YEN mean?
- A strong desire or longing.
- What letters can be added to YEN?
- YEN takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YEN:
Open YEN in the Word Finder