The word yaw 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.)

  • yaw n. The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal…
  • yaw n. The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory…
  • yaw n. (Nautical) A vessel’s motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a…

34 valid words from 3 definitions

ABOUT AIRCRAFT AN AND ANGLE ANY AS AT AXIS BETWEEN BOW CAUSE FROM ITS LONGITUDINAL MISSILE MOMENT MOTION NAUTICAL OF OR PROJECTILE ROTATING ROTATION SHIP SIDE SO TANGENT THE TO TRAJECTORY VERTICAL VESSEL YAWS

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

AW YA

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

AY WAY

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

WAY

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

CAW DAW FAW GAW HAW JAW KAW LAW MAW NAW PAW RAW SAW TAW VAW WAW YAD YAE YAG YAH YAK YAM YAP YAR YAS YAY YEW YOW

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

AW YA

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

YAWL YAWN YAWP YAWS YAWY YAWED YAWEY YAWLS YAWNS YAWNY YAWPS YAWIER YAWING YAWLED YAWNED YAWNER YAWPED YAWPER YAWIEST YAWLING YAWNERS YAWNIER YAWNING YAWPERS YAWPING YAWMETER YAWNIEST YAWNINGS YAWNSOME YAWPINGS YAWMETERS YAWNINGLY

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

FLYAWAY LAYAWAY FLYAWAYS LAYAWAYS STAYAWAY STAYAWAYS

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

+A AWAY
+D WADY
+F AWFY
+L WALY YAWL
+N AWNY WANY YAWN
+P YAWP
+R AWRY WARY
+S SWAY WAYS YAWS
+T TWAY
+V WAVY
+X WAXY
+Y YAWY

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

-W AY YA
-Y AW

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 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%).

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Categories without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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