What YAKS Means
YAKS is a form of YAK, which means:
- noun: noisy talk
- noun: large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated
- verb: talk profusely“she was yakking away about her grandchildren”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
YAKS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Y4 A1 K5 S1.
Anagrams of YAKS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In YAKS
13 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing YAKS
YAKS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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