YUZU is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. YUZU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YUZU?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YUZU is to know. It scores 16 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YUZU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yuzusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YUZU scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YUZU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 326,769.
What stands out about YUZU
- YUZU scores 16 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YUZU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Japanese citrus fruit with a strong aroma.
Yuzu is used for its peel and its juice rather than its flesh, which is sour and full of seeds. It was almost unknown outside Asia until the 2000s, when cooks abroad found that nothing else tastes remotely like it.
How YUZU is used
Countable and uncountable.
- A yuzu is used for the peel and the juice, not the flesh.
- The word yuzu came into English from Japanese.
- Two yuzu will scent a whole kitchen.
- Yuzu was almost unknown in Europe before 2000.
- The flesh of a yuzu is sour and full of seeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YUZU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YUZU
1 longer words begin with YUZU.
Shorter words from the letters in YUZU
Common questions about YUZU
- Is YUZU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YUZU, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YUZU worth?
- YUZU is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YUZU mean?
- A Japanese citrus fruit with a strong aroma.
- What letters can be added to YUZU?
- YUZU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YUZU:
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