What YAW Means
- verb: be wide open“the deep gaping canyon”
- verb: deviate erratically from a set course“the yawing motion of the ship”
- noun: an erratic deflection from an intended course
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
YAW 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 W4.
Anagrams of YAW (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In YAW
3 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 (3)
Longer Words Containing YAW
YAW 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.