YOM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. YOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YOM?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOM is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yompChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How YOM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does YOM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A day, in Hebrew phrases used in English.
Yom reaches English inside the names of days that matter: Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, and the one that marks independence. On its own the word means nothing more than a day, and no English sentence uses it that way.
How YOM is used
Only inside borrowed phrases — Yom Kippur.
- Yom Kippur falls ten days after the new year.
- The word yom means simply a day.
- A yom in Hebrew runs from evening to evening.
- English uses yom only inside a name.
- Two phrases with yom in them are widely known and no others.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YOM
The 3 tiles of YOM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YOM
5 longer words begin with YOM.
Words with YOM inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain YOM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with YOM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YOM
Common questions about YOM
- Is YOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOM, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOM worth?
- YOM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOM mean?
- A day, in Hebrew phrases used in English.
- What letters can be added to YOM?
- YOM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YOM:
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