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YARNS

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What YARNS Means

YARNS is a form of YARN, which means:

  1. noun: the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events“his narration was hesitant”
  2. noun: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
  3. verb: tell or spin a yarn

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

YARNS 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 R1 N1 S1.

Anagrams of YARNS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In YARNS

33 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.

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing YARNS

YARNS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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