YEVEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. YEVEN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YEVEN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YEVEN is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YEVEN
No single letter turns YEVEN into another word.
How YEVEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YEVEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What does YEVEN mean in Scrabble?
other
archaic
The archaic past participle of yeve, an old verb meaning to give; yeven means given.
Before give settled into its modern shape, English also used yeve, and its past participle was yeven rather than the given we would expect now. A gift yeven to someone in an old text is simply a gift given to them, and the word survives only because editions of Chaucer and other early writers preserve the spelling of the manuscripts they draw from.
How YEVEN is used
Archaic; met almost only in editions and quotations of early Middle English writing.
- The ring, yeven to her by her father, never left her hand.
- The charter records land yeven to the abbey by an early king.
- A blessing yeven at the wedding is recorded in the old chronicle.
- The gloss explains that yeven here simply means given.
- He copied out the line where mercy is yeven to the accused.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YEVEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YEVEN
The 5 tiles of YEVEN in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in YEVEN
Common questions about YEVEN
- Is YEVEN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YEVEN is not in it.
- How many points is YEVEN worth?
- YEVEN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YEVEN mean?
- The archaic past participle of yeve, an old verb meaning to give; yeven means given.
- What letters can be added to YEVEN?
- No single letter can be added to YEVEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YEVEN:
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