What YAMS Means
YAMS is a form of YAM, which 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
YAMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Y4 A1 M3 S1.
Anagrams of YAMS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In YAMS
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 (7)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing YAMS
YAMS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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