The word is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

• yam n. Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
• yam n. The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
• yam n. (US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.

30 valid words from 3 definitions

AND ANY BATATAS CLIMBING CULTIVATED EASTERN EDIBLE FOOD FROM GENUS HEMISPHERES IN IPOMOEA OF PLANT POTATO ROOT SPECIES STAPLE STARCHY SWEET THAT THE TROPICAL TUBER TUBEROUS US USUALLY VINE WESTERN

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

DIOSCOREA

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AM YA

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AY MA MAY

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

MAY

26 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BAM CAM DAM GAM HAM JAM KAM LAM MAM NAM PAM RAM SAM TAM YAD YAE YAG YAH YAK YAP YAR YAS YAW YAY YOM YUM

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

AM YA

18 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

YAMS YAMEN YAMPY YAMUN YAMENS YAMMER YAMUNS YAMALKA YAMMERS YAMPIES YAMULKA YAMALKAS YAMMERED YAMMERER YAMULKAS YAMMERERS YAMMERING YAMMERINGS

19 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

LYAMS BAYAMO BAYAMOS COCOYAMS POLYAMIDE POLYAMINE POLYAMORY PRANAYAMA HYOSCYAMUS POLYAMIDES POLYAMINES PRANAYAMAS HYOSCYAMINE POLYAMORIES POLYAMORIST POLYAMOROUS HYOSCYAMINES HYOSCYAMUSES POLYAMORISTS

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

LYAM COCOYAM

17 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A MAYA
+C CYMA
+G GAMY
+L AMYL LYAM MYAL
+N MANY MYNA
+O MAYO MOYA
+R ARMY MARY
+S MAYS YAMS
+T MATY
+Z AZYM MAZY

5 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A MY
-M AY YA
-Y AM MA

Scrabble scoring

• 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

• Joker allowed, 1 in 35.8 chance (2.79%).
• Joker not allowed, 1 in 128 chance (0.78%).

Other languages

• Valid: French
• Invalid: German Spanish Italian Romanian
• (In French) YAM ou YAMS n.m. Jeu de dés.

Category without words

• No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

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