YSAME is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. YSAME 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YSAME?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YSAME is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YSAME
No single letter turns YSAME into another word.
How YSAME scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YSAME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about YSAME
- 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 YSAME mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
Together, as an old poetic word distinct from the ordinary word same despite its spelling.
Ysame looks like a spelling of same but has nothing to do with sameness at all; it comes from an old phrase meaning at once or together and kept that sense on its own once the phrase shortened. Spenser and earlier poets used it where a modern writer would say together, as when two people are said to dwell ysame. The similarity to same is entirely accidental and has misled more than one modern reader.
How YSAME is used
Archaic and poetic; a false friend of the modern word same.
- The old ballad says the two friends dwelt ysame.
- They walked ysame through the ruined city, the poem says.
- Ysame looks like same but means together instead.
- The knights rode ysame into the setting sun.
- Spenser used ysame where we would now write together.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YSAME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YSAME
The 5 tiles of YSAME in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in YSAME
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Common questions about YSAME
- Is YSAME valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YSAME is not in it.
- How many points is YSAME worth?
- YSAME is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YSAME mean?
- Together, as an old poetic word distinct from the ordinary word same despite its spelling.
- What letters can be added to YSAME?
- No single letter can be added to YSAME to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YSAME:
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