YUCA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YUCA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YUCA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YUCA is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YUCA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yucasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YUCA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YUCA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does YUCA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Cassava, as a food plant.
Yuca is not the same plant as the ornamental one whose name differs by a single letter, and the two are regularly confused in print. It came into English from Spanish by way of a Caribbean language.
How YUCA is used
Uncountable. Not the same as yucca.
- Yuca has to be cooked before it can be eaten safely.
- The word yuca names cassava and not the garden plant.
- One letter separates yuca from a different species.
- Yuca reached English through Spanish.
- Print confuses yuca with the ornamental plant constantly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YUCA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YUCA
1 longer words begin with YUCA.
Shorter words from the letters in YUCA
Common questions about YUCA
- Is YUCA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YUCA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YUCA worth?
- YUCA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YUCA mean?
- Cassava, as a food plant.
- What letters can be added to YUCA?
- YUCA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YUCA:
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