YOUNG is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YOUNG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YOUNG?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOUNG is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOUNG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
youngsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YOUNG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YOUNG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does YOUNG mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Being in an early stage of life, growth, or existence, and not old.
Young describes people, animals, and plants that have lived only a short time, and it compares as younger and youngest rather than with more or most. The word also extends beyond age to anything recently formed or established, such as a young company or a young democracy, and it appears in the fixed phrase young at heart for someone who keeps a youthful outlook regardless of actual age. Compared with youthful, which often stresses energy and appearance, young simply states a stage of life.
How YOUNG is used
Applies literally to age and figuratively to anything newly formed or established.
- The young puppy could barely climb the stairs.
- She started the company when she was still very young.
- Their young democracy faced its first real crisis.
- He remained young at heart well into old age.
- The young trees needed extra water during the drought.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOUNG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YOUNG
19 longer words begin with YOUNG.
Words ending in YOUNG
1 words end in YOUNG. Useful as a back hook: play YOUNG onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in YOUNG
Common questions about YOUNG
- Is YOUNG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOUNG, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOUNG worth?
- YOUNG is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOUNG mean?
- Being in an early stage of life, growth, or existence, and not old.
- What letters can be added to YOUNG?
- YOUNG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YOUNG:
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