YESSIR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YESSIR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YESSIR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YESSIR is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YESSIR
No single letter turns YESSIR into another word.
How YESSIR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in YESSIR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does YESSIR mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
An emphatic or respectful way of saying yes, often to a man in authority.
Yessir squeezes yes and sir into one word, and the stress usually falls on the first syllable. A soldier, a waiter or a child may use it to answer a superior politely, while in other settings it adds strong agreement or enthusiasm. It is spoken far more often than written, and is especially associated with American speech.
How YESSIR is used
Informal and chiefly spoken; also used for emphasis, as in "yessir, that is true".
- Yessir, the report will be on your desk by noon.
- The recruit barked yessir before the sergeant had finished speaking.
- Yessir, that was the best pie in the county.
- He answered every question with a quiet yessir.
- Yessir, we can be there in ten minutes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YESSIR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YESSIR
1 longer words begin with YESSIR.
Shorter words from the letters in YESSIR
Common questions about YESSIR
- Is YESSIR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YESSIR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YESSIR worth?
- YESSIR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YESSIR mean?
- An emphatic or respectful way of saying yes, often to a man in authority.
- What letters can be added to YESSIR?
- No single letter can be added to YESSIR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of YESSIR:
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