YIN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. YIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YIN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YIN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does YIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
The passive, dark, female principle in Chinese thought.
Yin exists only against its opposite: neither is good or bad, and the point of the pair is that each holds a little of the other and turns into it. English took the two words together and mostly uses them loosely, for any balance of complementary things, which loses the part about change.
How YIN is used
Uncountable, and nearly always paired: yin and yang.
- The diagram shows yin holding a small circle of its opposite.
- Yin and yang are not good and evil, whatever the posters say.
- She described the two of them as yin and yang and meant it kindly.
- The word yin appears in English mostly in that one phrase.
- Yin turns into its opposite, which is the part usually dropped.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YIN
6 longer words begin with YIN.
Words ending in YIN
8 words end in YIN. Useful as a back hook: play YIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with YIN inside
Showing 24 of 1029 words that contain YIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with YIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YIN
Common questions about YIN
- Is YIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YIN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YIN worth?
- YIN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YIN mean?
- The passive, dark, female principle in Chinese thought.
- What letters can be added to YIN?
- YIN takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YIN:
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