YERBA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. YERBA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YERBA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YERBA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YERBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yerbasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YERBA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YERBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about YERBA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 YERBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
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A herb or herbal plant, a Spanish loanword used in English chiefly within names such as yerba mate and yerba buena.
Yerba is simply the Spanish word for herb, but English borrowed it as part of fixed plant names rather than as a freestanding word for any herb in general. Yerba mate names the South American holly whose leaves are steeped for a bitter, caffeinated drink, while yerba buena names a fragrant mint once used in traditional remedies and even gave its early name to the settlement that became San Francisco. English speakers rarely use yerba alone; it almost always appears attached to one of these established plant names.
How YERBA is used
Used chiefly in fixed compound names such as yerba mate and yerba buena, especially in regions with strong Spanish influence.
- They sipped yerba mate from a shared gourd on the porch.
- The trail was lined with fragrant yerba buena growing wild.
- She bought a bag of dried yerba for brewing mate tea.
- The old maps still named the creek after the yerba growing along its banks.
- Yerba mate is traditionally passed around and shared among friends.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YERBA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YERBA
The 5 tiles of YERBA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with YERBA
1 longer words begin with YERBA.
Shorter words from the letters in YERBA
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Common questions about YERBA
- Is YERBA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YERBA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YERBA worth?
- YERBA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YERBA mean?
- A herb or herbal plant, a Spanish loanword used in English chiefly within names such as yerba mate and yerba buena.
- What letters can be added to YERBA?
- YERBA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YERBA:
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