YIP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. YIP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YIP?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YIP is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YIP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YIP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YIP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does YIP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short sharp cry.
A yip is smaller than a yelp and more sudden than a bark, and in American use it belongs to dogs, coyotes and people who have stubbed a toe. Golfers use the word for something else entirely: the yips are an involuntary twitch that ruins short putts.
How YIP is used
Countable and a verb. The golfing sense is always plural.
- A yip from the far side of the fence and then silence.
- The dog yipped once and hid under the table.
- He got the yips at forty and never putted properly again.
- Coyotes yip rather than howl for most of the night.
- One yip is surprise and a run of them is pain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YIP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YIP
11 longer words begin with YIP.
Words ending in YIP
1 words end in YIP. Useful as a back hook: play YIP onto a word already on the board.
Words with YIP inside
1 words contain YIP in the middle. Words that start with YIP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YIP
Common questions about YIP
- Is YIP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YIP, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YIP worth?
- YIP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YIP mean?
- A short sharp cry.
- What letters can be added to YIP?
- YIP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YIP:
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