YOU is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. YOU 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 YOU?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOU is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YOU scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does YOU mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
The person or people being spoken to.
You was the plural and the polite form, and it drove out thou entirely — which is why English is the only major European language with no familiar second person. The change was complete by 1700, and the missing distinction is why regional plurals keep being invented.
How YOU is used
Singular and plural alike, subject and object alike.
- You and I both know how that ends.
- The word you was once the polite form only.
- They told you twice and you forgot twice.
- English lost thou and left you doing both jobs.
- Regions keep inventing a plural of you because one is missing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YOU
Showing 24 of 59 words that begin with YOU.
Words ending in YOU
4 words end in YOU. Useful as a back hook: play YOU onto a word already on the board.
Words with YOU inside
22 words contain YOU in the middle. Words that start with YOU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YOU
Common questions about YOU
- Is YOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOU, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOU worth?
- YOU is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOU mean?
- The person or people being spoken to.
- What letters can be added to YOU?
- YOU takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YOU:
Open YOU in the Word Finder