The word yu is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

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

  • yu n. (Archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
  • yu n. (Archaic, uncountable) Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
  • yu pron. Eye dialect spelling of you.

22 valid words from 3 definitions

AN ANCIENT ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAIC BUCKET CHINESE COUNTABLE COVER DECORATIVE DIALECT EYE HAVING JADE JADEITE NEPHRITE OF OFTEN OR SPELLING UNCOUNTABLE WINE YOU

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

GU MU NU OU XU YA YE YO

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

YOU

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

YUG YUK YUM YUP YUS YUAN YUCA YUCH YUCK YUFT YUGA YUGS YUKE YUKO YUKS YUKY YULE YUMP YUNX YUPS YURT YUTZ YUZU YUANS YUCAS YUCCA YUCCH YUCKO YUCKS YUCKY YUFTS YUGAS YUKED YUKES YUKKY YUKOS YULAN YULES YUMMO YUMMY YUMPS YUPON YUPPY YURTA YURTS YUZUS YUCCAS YUCKED YUCKER YUKATA + 49 words

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

AYUS KYUS RYUS LAYUP SOYUZ CAYUSE LAYUPS PYURIA SHOYUS WAGYUS CAYUSES DASYURE GIDDYUP GUAYULE KIKUYUS PYURIAS SOYUZES WICKYUP AYURVEDA CHANOYUS DASYURES GUAYULES PICAYUNE POLYURIA POLYURIC WICKYUPS AYURVEDAS AYURVEDIC PICAYUNES POLYURIAS AYURVEDICS BRACHYURAL BRACHYURAN EMBRYULCIA OXYURIASES OXYURIASIS PICAYUNISH BRACHYURANS BRACHYUROUS EMBRYULCIAS HYDROXYUREA POLYURETHAN AYUNTAMIENTO HYDROXYUREAS PICAYUNISHLY POLYURETHANE POLYURETHANS AYUNTAMIENTOS POLYURETHANES PICAYUNISHNESS POLYUNSATURATE POLYUNSATURATED POLYUNSATURATES

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

AYU KYU RYU SHOYU WAGYU KIKUYU SENRYU CHANOYU

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

+A AYU
+B BUY
+E UEY
+G GUY YUG
+K KYU YUK
+M YUM
+O YOU
+P PUY YUP
+R RYU
+S YUS

Scrabble scoring

  • 5 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 11.2 chance (8.91%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 29.5 chance (3.39%).

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Categories without words

  • No words-in-word (Word found as is inside the word.)
  • No words-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)
  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)

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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