YOKUL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. YOKUL 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YOKUL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOKUL is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOKUL
No single letter turns YOKUL into another word.
How YOKUL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YOKUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 294,092.
What does YOKUL mean in Scrabble?
interjection
regionaldialectrare
Yes, in the traditional dialect speech of the Shetland Islands.
Old island wordlists place yokul among a small set of terms tied to the Norn-influenced speech once spoken across the Shetland archipelago, distinct from mainstream Scots. It was sometimes paired with carl when directed at a man, forming a short phrase of agreement rather than a full sentence. A related spelling, jokol, appears in some of the same glossaries for the same island usage.
How YOKUL is used
Historical Shetland dialect; not part of everyday modern speech.
- The old islander answered simply, yokul.
- Yokul carl was recorded as a Shetland way of agreeing with a man.
- A glossary of island speech lists yokul alongside jokol.
- She replied yokul when asked if the boat was ready.
- Few beyond the islands would recognise yokul as meaning yes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOKUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YOKUL
Common questions about YOKUL
- Is YOKUL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YOKUL is not in it.
- How many points is YOKUL worth?
- YOKUL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOKUL mean?
- Yes, in the traditional dialect speech of the Shetland Islands.
- What letters can be added to YOKUL?
- No single letter can be added to YOKUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YOKUL:
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