YOKOZUNA is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. YOKOZUNA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YOKOZUNA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOKOZUNA is to know. It scores 24 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOKOZUNA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yokozunasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YOKOZUNA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in YOKOZUNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so YOKOZUNA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does YOKOZUNA mean in Scrabble?
noun
The highest rank in professional sumo wrestling, or a wrestler who holds it.
A yokozuna is more than a champion: the rank is for life and carries a duty to behave with dignity. Few wrestlers reach yokozuna, and one who fails to perform is expected to retire.
How YOKOZUNA is used
Yokozuna is a Japanese word used in English writing about sumo.
- The young wrestler was promoted to yokozuna.
- Every yokozuna wears a heavy braided rope at ceremonies.
- Crowds cheered the retiring yokozuna.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOKOZUNA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YOKOZUNA
1 longer words begin with YOKOZUNA.
Shorter words from the letters in YOKOZUNA
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Common questions about YOKOZUNA
- Is YOKOZUNA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOKOZUNA, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOKOZUNA worth?
- YOKOZUNA is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOKOZUNA mean?
- The highest rank in professional sumo wrestling, or a wrestler who holds it.
- What letters can be added to YOKOZUNA?
- YOKOZUNA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of YOKOZUNA:
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