YITE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. YITE 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YITE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YITE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YITE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does YITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A dialect name for the yellowhammer, a small European bunting with a yellow head and body.
Country people in parts of Britain called the yellowhammer a yite long before ornithologists standardised bird names. The word still turns up in older nature writing and folk rhymes about the bird.
How YITE is used
Regional; used mainly in older or dialect writing about birds.
- A yite sang from the top of the hedge all morning.
- Children were taught an old rhyme about the yite.
- The naturalist noted that villagers still called the bird a yite.
- A flash of yellow showed where the yite had landed.
- The nest belonged to a pair of yite in the hawthorn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YITE
The 4 tiles of YITE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YITE
1 longer words begin with YITE.
Words ending in YITE
2 words end in YITE. Useful as a back hook: play YITE onto a word already on the board.
Words with YITE inside
2 words contain YITE in the middle. Words that start with YITE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YITE
Common questions about YITE
- Is YITE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YITE is not in it.
- How many points is YITE worth?
- YITE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YITE mean?
- A dialect name for the yellowhammer, a small European bunting with a yellow head and body.
- What letters can be added to YITE?
- YITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YITE:
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