The word yates 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.)

  • yates n. Plural of yate.
  • Yates prop.n. A surname.
  • Yates prop.n. A number of places in the United States…

10 valid words from 3 definitions

IN NUMBER OF PLACES PLURAL STATES SURNAME THE UNITED YATE

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

AT ATE ATES ES TE TES YA YATE

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

AY ET ETA SET SETA TA TAY

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

YEAST

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

BATES CATES DATES FATES GATES HATES MATES NATES PATES RATES SATES TATES YAGES YALES YITES

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

ATES YATE

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

+B BAYEST
+C CYTASE
+D STAYED STEADY
+F FAYEST SAFETY
+G GAYEST STAGEY
+I ASEITY
+L ASTELY LYSATE SLATEY
+M MATEYS MAYEST STEAMY
+N STAYNE YENTAS
+R ESTRAY REASTY SATYRE STAYER STAYRE YAREST
+S SAYEST YEASTS
+W SWEATY
+X EXTASY
+Y YEASTY

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

-A STEY STYE TYES YEST
-E STAY TAYS
-S YATE
-T AYES EASY EYAS YEAS
-Y ATES EAST EATS ETAS SATE SEAT SETA TAES TASE TEAS

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 189 chance (0.53%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 692 chance (0.14%).

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Categories without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No suffixes (Word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • 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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