YRNEH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. YRNEH 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YRNEH?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YRNEH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YRNEH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yrnehsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YRNEH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YRNEH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about YRNEH
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YRNEH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
A unit of reciprocal inductance, equal to the reciprocal of one henry.
Yrneh is simply henry spelled backward, coined as a matching term for the reciprocal of inductance in the same playful way that mho was formed by reversing ohm for the reciprocal of resistance. It never became standard in electrical engineering and today survives mainly as a curiosity in word lists rather than in working formulas.
How YRNEH is used
Rare and technical; encountered in word puzzles and older engineering glossaries rather than in current practice.
- The old glossary lists yrneh right after its better known reverse, henry.
- He found yrneh in a list of units formed by spelling other units backward.
- A yrneh measures reciprocal inductance, just as a mho measures reciprocal resistance.
- The textbook footnote mentions yrneh only as a historical curiosity.
- Few engineers today have ever used the term yrneh in a real calculation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YRNEH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YRNEH
The 5 tiles of YRNEH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with YRNEH
1 longer words begin with YRNEH.
Shorter words from the letters in YRNEH
Common questions about YRNEH
- Is YRNEH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YRNEH is not in it.
- How many points is YRNEH worth?
- YRNEH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YRNEH mean?
- A unit of reciprocal inductance, equal to the reciprocal of one henry.
- What letters can be added to YRNEH?
- YRNEH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YRNEH:
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