YFERE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. YFERE 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 YFERE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YFERE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YFERE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yferesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YFERE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YFERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What stands out about YFERE
- The same 5 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 YFERE mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaicpoetic
Together, in company with another; an old adverb used chiefly in verse.
Spenser and other poets reached for yfere when they wanted a word for together that fit the older, more musical texture of their verse instead of the plain modern word. The same root also gave a related noun sense of a companion or comrade, but the adverb use describing people acting or traveling as one is the sense that survives in most quoted lines.
How YFERE is used
Archaic and poetic; confined to older verse and to quotation of it.
- The two knights rode yfere through the dark forest.
- They dwelt yfere in the same cottage for forty years.
- The poem has the lovers walk yfere beside the river.
- Bound yfere by the same vow, the brothers never parted.
- The chronicle says the armies marched yfere toward the coast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YFERE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YFERE
The 5 tiles of YFERE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with YFERE
1 longer words begin with YFERE.
Shorter words from the letters in YFERE
Common questions about YFERE
- Is YFERE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YFERE is not in it.
- How many points is YFERE worth?
- YFERE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YFERE mean?
- Together, in company with another; an old adverb used chiefly in verse.
- What letters can be added to YFERE?
- YFERE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YFERE:
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