YON is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. YON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YON?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YON is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How YON scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about YON
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YON mean in Scrabble?
adjective
dialect
That one over there.
Yon is the third member of a set English mostly lost: this for what is near, that for what is further, yon for further still. Most languages keep all three, and English kept this one only in the north and in the phrase hither and yon.
How YON is used
Before the noun. Chiefly northern English and Scots.
- Yon hill is further than it looks.
- He pointed at yon field and said nothing more.
- Hither and yon is the only phrase most people know it from.
- The word yon marks a third distance that English mostly dropped.
- Yon side of the valley gets no sun in winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YON
The 3 tiles of YON in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with YON
13 longer words begin with YON.
Words ending in YON
Showing 24 of 28 words that end in YON. Useful as a back hook: play YON onto a word already on the board.
Words with YON inside
Showing 24 of 100 words that contain YON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with YON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YON
Common questions about YON
- Is YON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YON, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YON worth?
- YON is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YON mean?
- That one over there.
- What letters can be added to YON?
- YON takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YON:
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