YUKKY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. YUKKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YUKKY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YUKKY is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YUKKY
No single letter turns YUKKY into another word.
How YUKKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YUKKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. YUKKY needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about YUKKY
- YUKKY begins and ends with the same letter.
- YUKKY scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YUKKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalchildish
Disgusting or unpleasant, especially in appearance, taste, or texture.
Yukky is an informal variant spelling of yucky, used mainly in casual speech and often by or about children. It describes something messy, distasteful, or repulsive to touch or taste.
How YUKKY is used
Informal, chiefly spoken; interchangeable with the more common spelling yucky.
- The soup had turned a yukky shade of green.
- Ugh, this mud on my shoes is so yukky!
- He made a yukky face when offered the medicine.
- Cleaning out the drain is a yukky job.
- The children called the leftover fish yukky.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YUKKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YUKKY
Common questions about YUKKY
- Is YUKKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YUKKY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YUKKY worth?
- YUKKY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YUKKY mean?
- Disgusting or unpleasant, especially in appearance, taste, or texture.
- What letters can be added to YUKKY?
- No single letter can be added to YUKKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YUKKY:
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