YONT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. YONT is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YONT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YONT is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YONT
Front hooks — 1
ayontBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How YONT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YONT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does YONT mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Scotsdialect
Over there, beyond, yonder.
Yont points to something at a distance from the speaker, in the same way that yonder or thither do in other dialects. It usually pairs with a place already visible or understood by both speakers.
How YONT is used
Regional; heard in Scots and northern English dialect speech.
- The old barn stands yont the hill.
- He pointed yont, towards the far field.
- Their cottage was yont the burn.
- She nodded yont, where the sheep were grazing.
- The path runs yont the wood and down to the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YONT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YONT
The 4 tiles of YONT in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in YONT
1 words end in YONT. Useful as a back hook: play YONT onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in YONT
Common questions about YONT
- Is YONT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YONT is not in it.
- How many points is YONT worth?
- YONT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YONT mean?
- Over there, beyond, yonder.
- What letters can be added to YONT?
- YONT takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YONT:
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