YUCKY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. YUCKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YUCKY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YUCKY is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YUCKY
No single letter turns YUCKY into another word.
How YUCKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YUCKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,411 thousand.
What stands out about YUCKY
- YUCKY begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YUCKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalchildish
Unpleasant, disgusting or distasteful, especially in a way children readily notice.
Yucky is the word a child reaches for when food, mud or a bug seems disgusting, and adults borrow it too when they want a light, exaggerated way of expressing distaste. It carries no real technical meaning, only a strong feeling of dislike.
How YUCKY is used
Informal, mainly spoken; common in speech to and by children.
- The soup tasted yucky to the toddler.
- She made a yucky face at the smell.
- He refused to touch the yucky worm.
- The medicine had a yucky, bitter taste.
- They called the swamp mud yucky and laughed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YUCKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YUCKY
Common questions about YUCKY
- Is YUCKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YUCKY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YUCKY worth?
- YUCKY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YUCKY mean?
- Unpleasant, disgusting or distasteful, especially in a way children readily notice.
- What letters can be added to YUCKY?
- No single letter can be added to YUCKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YUCKY:
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