YOMP is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. YOMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YOMP?
| 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 YOMP is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOMP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yompsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YOMP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YOMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,269.
What does YOMP mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To march with heavy equipment over rough ground.
Yomp entered general English during the Falklands conflict of 1982, when marines crossed the island on foot after their helicopters were lost. It was Royal Marine slang before that and is used by nobody else.
How YOMP is used
Yomped, yomping. British military.
- They yomped fifty miles with everything on their backs.
- The word yomp reached the public in 1982.
- A yomp is not a march and not a walk.
- Marines used yomp before anybody else had heard it.
- Yomping across that ground took three days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YOMP
The 4 tiles of YOMP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YOMP
3 longer words begin with YOMP.
Shorter words from the letters in YOMP
Common questions about YOMP
- Is YOMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOMP, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOMP worth?
- YOMP is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOMP mean?
- To march with heavy equipment over rough ground.
- What letters can be added to YOMP?
- YOMP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YOMP:
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