YUCCA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. YUCCA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YUCCA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YUCCA is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YUCCA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yuccasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YUCCA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YUCCA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What stands out about YUCCA
- The letters of YUCCA run in reverse alphabetical order.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YUCCA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A plant of a genus native to the hot, dry parts of the Americas, with stiff, sword-shaped leaves and tall spikes of white flowers.
A yucca grows a rosette of tough, pointed leaves that can be sharp enough to draw blood, and in the wild it sends up a tall stalk of creamy white flowers once a year. Many species of yucca are native to deserts and dry grasslands of North and Central America, where they survive long periods without rain. The plant is also popular indoors and in gardens elsewhere, grown mainly for its bold, architectural shape rather than its flowers. Some kinds of yucca are pollinated by a single specialized moth that depends on the plant in return.
How YUCCA is used
Common both as a botanical term and as the everyday name for the plant grown in gardens and homes.
- A large yucca stood in the corner of the office lobby.
- The desert garden was planted with cactus and yucca.
- Their yucca finally sent up a tall stalk of white flowers this year.
- He trimmed the sharp tips off the yucca leaves before the party.
- The hillside was dotted with wild yucca in bloom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YUCCA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YUCCA
1 longer words begin with YUCCA.
Shorter words from the letters in YUCCA
Common questions about YUCCA
- Is YUCCA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YUCCA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YUCCA worth?
- YUCCA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YUCCA mean?
- A plant of a genus native to the hot, dry parts of the Americas, with stiff, sword-shaped leaves and tall spikes of white flowers.
- What letters can be added to YUCCA?
- YUCCA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YUCCA:
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