YOOF is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. YOOF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YOOF?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOOF is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOOF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yoofsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YOOF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YOOF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,011.
What does YOOF mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Young people, treated as a marketing category.
Yoof is a British spelling of a relaxed pronunciation, used almost entirely with irony about broadcasting aimed at the young. It dates from the 1980s and mocks the people commissioning rather than the people watching.
How YOOF is used
Uncountable. Informal, British and ironic.
- The word yoof is always used with irony.
- A yoof programme is named by people who do not watch it.
- Yoof dates from the 1980s and mocks the commissioners.
- Nobody describes themselves as yoof.
- The spelling of yoof carries the whole joke.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOOF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YOOF
The 4 tiles of YOOF in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YOOF
1 longer words begin with YOOF.
Shorter words from the letters in YOOF
Common questions about YOOF
- Is YOOF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOOF, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOOF worth?
- YOOF is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOOF mean?
- Young people, treated as a marketing category.
- What letters can be added to YOOF?
- YOOF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YOOF:
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