YENS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. YENS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YENS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YENS is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YENS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How YENS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YENS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What stands out about YENS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YENS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Strong desires or longings for something (the plural of yen).
Someone with several yens has more than one persistent craving, whether for a place, an activity or a kind of food. The word is unrelated to the Japanese currency spelled the same way.
How YENS is used
Informal; used for personal cravings or urges rather than in formal writing.
- Her sudden yens for travel came and went with the seasons.
- He has odd yens for foods he never used to like.
- Their yens for adventure took them across three continents.
- Late at night the yens for something sweet were hardest to resist.
- Old age did nothing to soften his yens for a fast car.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YENS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YENS
The 4 tiles of YENS in a different order — 4 found.
Words ending in YENS
4 words end in YENS. Useful as a back hook: play YENS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in YENS
Common questions about YENS
- Is YENS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YENS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YENS worth?
- YENS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YENS mean?
- Strong desires or longings for something (the plural of yen).
- What letters can be added to YENS?
- YENS takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YENS:
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