YORK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. YORK 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 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept YORK?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YORK is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YORK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yorksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YORK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YORK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does YORK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To bowl a ball that pitches right at the batter's feet.
To york somebody is to aim under the bat rather than at it: the ball lands in the small gap between the feet and the bottom of the swing, and there is no shot to play. Fast bowlers keep it for the last overs and for the tail, and a batter who has been yorked usually looks down before looking up.
How YORK is used
Transitive: to york a batter. The delivery itself is a yorker.
- He yorked the opener with the third ball of the innings.
- You cannot cut or drive a ball that yorks you.
- The plan was to york him early and it worked.
- She was yorked by a delivery she never saw.
- Two batters were yorked in the same over.
- Bowlers york more often at the death than at the start.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YORK and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YORK
The 4 tiles of YORK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YORK
7 longer words begin with YORK.
Shorter words from the letters in YORK
Common questions about YORK
- Is YORK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YORK, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YORK worth?
- YORK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YORK mean?
- To bowl a ball that pitches right at the batter's feet.
- What letters can be added to YORK?
- YORK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YORK:
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