YEOW is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. YEOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YEOW?
| 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 YEOW is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YEOW
No single letter turns YEOW into another word.
How YEOW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YEOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does YEOW mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
An exclamation of sudden pain.
Yeow is one of several spellings for a yell, and the choice between them says more about the writer than about the sound. Comics use it more than any other kind of writing.
How YEOW is used
Stands alone. Chiefly written.
- Yeow, said the balloon in the comic panel.
- The word yeow is one of several spellings for a yell.
- Comics use yeow more than books do.
- A yeow in dialogue marks sudden pain.
- Which spelling of yeow a writer picks is arbitrary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YEOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YEOW
The 4 tiles of YEOW in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in YEOW
Common questions about YEOW
- Is YEOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YEOW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YEOW worth?
- YEOW is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YEOW mean?
- An exclamation of sudden pain.
- What letters can be added to YEOW?
- No single letter can be added to YEOW to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YEOW:
Open YEOW in the Word Finder