YLEM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YLEM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YLEM?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YLEM is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YLEM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YLEM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YLEM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What stands out about YLEM
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 YLEM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The primordial matter of the early universe.
Ylem was revived from a medieval philosophical term by physicists in the 1940s for the substance existing before elements formed. Cosmology dropped it again within a generation.
How YLEM is used
Uncountable; there is no plural.
- Ylem named what existed before the elements did.
- The word ylem was revived from medieval philosophy.
- Physicists took up ylem in the 1940s.
- Cosmology dropped ylem within a generation.
- Nothing is now called ylem in current writing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YLEM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YLEM
The 4 tiles of YLEM in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with YLEM
1 longer words begin with YLEM.
Words ending in YLEM
3 words end in YLEM. Useful as a back hook: play YLEM onto a word already on the board.
Words with YLEM inside
5 words contain YLEM in the middle. Words that start with YLEM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YLEM
Common questions about YLEM
- Is YLEM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YLEM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YLEM worth?
- YLEM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YLEM mean?
- The primordial matter of the early universe.
- What letters can be added to YLEM?
- YLEM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YLEM:
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