YES is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. YES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YES?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YES is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 16 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How YES scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about YES
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 YES mean in Scrabble?
interjection
The word used to give a positive answer.
Yes and no are the shortest complete sentences in English, and many languages have no equivalent at all — they answer by repeating the verb instead. The word once had a partner that handled positive questions while yes handled negative ones.
How YES is used
Stands alone. Also a noun and a verb.
- Yes, and no, and it depends on the weather.
- A yes from that committee takes eleven months.
- She said yes before he had finished asking.
- Many languages have no single word for yes.
- Two yeses and an abstention carried the motion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YES
The 3 tiles of YES in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with YES
Showing 24 of 40 words that begin with YES.
Words ending in YES
Showing 24 of 74 words that end in YES. Useful as a back hook: play YES onto a word already on the board.
Words with YES inside
Showing 24 of 69 words that contain YES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with YES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YES
Common questions about YES
- Is YES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YES, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YES worth?
- YES is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YES mean?
- The word used to give a positive answer.
- What letters can be added to YES?
- YES takes 16 hooks: 14 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YES:
Open YES in the Word Finder