YIPS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YIPS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YIPS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YIPS is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YIPS
No single letter turns YIPS into another word.
How YIPS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YIPS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does YIPS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sudden loss of fine motor control in sport.
Yips has no singular at all: nobody has one of them. Golf named the condition in the 1920s and it has since been described in darts, cricket and music as well.
How YIPS is used
Plural only, with the. No singular form.
- The yips ended a career that had ten years left in it.
- The word yips has no singular.
- Golf named the yips in the 1920s.
- Darts and cricket describe the yips too.
- Nobody has one of the yips.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YIPS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in YIPS
1 words end in YIPS. Useful as a back hook: play YIPS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in YIPS
Common questions about YIPS
- Is YIPS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YIPS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YIPS worth?
- YIPS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YIPS mean?
- A sudden loss of fine motor control in sport.
- What letters can be added to YIPS?
- No single letter can be added to YIPS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YIPS:
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