YESSUM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. YESSUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YESSUM?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YESSUM is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YESSUM
No single letter turns YESSUM into another word.
How YESSUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in YESSUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does YESSUM mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informalregional
A polite way of saying yes to a woman, a run-together form of yes madam.
The spelling yessum imitates a drawled Southern American pronunciation, where the two words of the courteous reply blur into one. Writers of dialogue use it to mark a respectful child, servant or soldier answering an older woman or a woman in charge. Today it feels old-fashioned, and it is mostly found in fiction and in memoirs of rural childhood.
How YESSUM is used
Informal, regional and old-fashioned; used chiefly in dialogue.
- "Yessum," said the boy, and ran to fetch the water.
- He tipped his hat and answered yessum without looking up.
- The novel has every child say yessum to the schoolteacher.
- She taught her sons to say yessum and no sir.
- A quiet yessum was all the girl would offer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YESSUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YESSUM
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Common questions about YESSUM
- Is YESSUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YESSUM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YESSUM worth?
- YESSUM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YESSUM mean?
- A polite way of saying yes to a woman, a run-together form of yes madam.
- What letters can be added to YESSUM?
- No single letter can be added to YESSUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of YESSUM:
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