Is YANK a word?
YANK is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 4 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 4 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, YANK is a valid word.
What does yank mean?
noun: an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War).
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
YANK: word details
- Pronunciation: YANGK (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 4 letters, a short word. It is one of 5,469 4-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside yank
Words you can make from the letters of yank.
Solve a whole rack, not just YANK
YANK is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does YANK mean?
YANK is a noun. It means: an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War).
Is YANK a valid word?
Yes, YANK is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.