What YAM Means
- noun: edible tuber of any of several yams
- noun: any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
YAM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Y4 A1 M3.
Anagrams of YAM (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In YAM
5 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.
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing YAM
YAM appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all, and the two and three letter lists. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.