YOLKY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. YOLKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YOLKY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOLKY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOLKY
No single letter turns YOLKY into another word.
How YOLKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YOLKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,353 thousand.
What stands out about YOLKY
- YOLKY begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YOLKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Resembling, containing, or covered in the yolk of an egg.
Yolky describes food that is rich with egg yolk, whether in colour, texture or flavour, such as a sauce, cake or runny fried egg. It can refer to the deep yellow colour typical of yolk or to a heavy, custard-like richness in a dish. Cooks use the word informally to praise or describe the texture of egg-based food.
How YOLKY is used
Common in informal cooking talk and recipe descriptions rather than in formal or scientific writing.
- The cake had a rich, yolky colour from the free-range eggs.
- He loves a yolky fried egg on toast in the morning.
- The sauce turned thick and yolky after the eggs were whisked in.
- Her pasta carbonara looked wonderfully yolky in the pan.
- The custard was too yolky for some of the guests to finish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOLKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YOLKY
Common questions about YOLKY
- Is YOLKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOLKY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOLKY worth?
- YOLKY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOLKY mean?
- Resembling, containing, or covered in the yolk of an egg.
- What letters can be added to YOLKY?
- No single letter can be added to YOLKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YOLKY:
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