YOICK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. YOICK 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YOICK?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOICK is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOICK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yoicksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YOICK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YOICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does YOICK mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicBritish
To utter yoicks, the traditional cry used by fox hunters to urge on the hounds.
Yoick describes the specific shout hunters gave when the hounds picked up a scent, and it survives mainly as the plural interjection yoicks rather than as an everyday verb. The cry was meant to excite the pack and drive it forward during the chase. Today the word appears almost only in historical accounts of fox hunting or in deliberately old-fashioned writing.
How YOICK is used
Archaic verb tied to traditional fox hunting; usually seen as the exclamation yoicks.
- The huntsman began to yoick as the hounds found the scent.
- Old accounts describe riders who would yoick to spur on the pack.
- He yoicked loudly the moment the fox broke cover.
- The novel's huntsman yoicks before galloping after the hounds.
- Few modern readers recognize the word yoick from older hunting scenes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOICK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YOICK
6 longer words begin with YOICK.
Shorter words from the letters in YOICK
Common questions about YOICK
- Is YOICK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YOICK is not in it.
- How many points is YOICK worth?
- YOICK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOICK mean?
- To utter yoicks, the traditional cry used by fox hunters to urge on the hounds.
- What letters can be added to YOICK?
- YOICK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YOICK:
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