YUCK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. YUCK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YUCK?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YUCK is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 2.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YUCK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YUCK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YUCK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 245,077.
What does YUCK mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
An expression of disgust.
Yuck is twentieth-century and imitative, and it produced the adjective yucky rather than being formed from it. A separate British yuck means a laugh, which collides in exactly the wrong direction.
How YUCK is used
Stands alone at the head of a sentence. Informal.
- Yuck, said the child, about a perfectly good dinner.
- The word yuck came before yucky and not after.
- A British yuck can mean a laugh, which confuses everybody.
- Yuck is imitative and twentieth-century.
- Two yucks in a row and the plate went back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YUCK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YUCK
11 longer words begin with YUCK.
Shorter words from the letters in YUCK
Common questions about YUCK
- Is YUCK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YUCK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YUCK worth?
- YUCK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YUCK mean?
- An expression of disgust.
- What letters can be added to YUCK?
- YUCK takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YUCK:
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