YONKS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. YONKS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YONKS?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YONKS is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YONKS
No single letter turns YONKS into another word.
How YONKS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YONKS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does YONKS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A very long period of time.
British speakers use yonks casually as a stand-in for ages, almost always after the word for, as in for yonks. The word has no widely used singular form, so speakers do not talk about a yonk the way they might talk about a year or a month. Its exact origin is uncertain, though some suggest it blends donkey's years with another expression for waiting endlessly. Because yonks is so informal, it belongs to relaxed conversation rather than to formal or written English.
How YONKS is used
Almost always used after for in casual British speech, as in for yonks, and has no ordinary singular form.
- I haven't seen her for yonks.
- They have lived on that street for yonks.
- It took yonks for the letter to finally arrive.
- He hasn't called his brother in yonks.
- The old car has been sitting in the garage for yonks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YONKS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YONKS
Common questions about YONKS
- Is YONKS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YONKS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YONKS worth?
- YONKS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YONKS mean?
- A very long period of time.
- What letters can be added to YONKS?
- No single letter can be added to YONKS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YONKS:
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