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YEN

3 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What YEN Means

  1. noun: a yearning for something or to do something
  2. noun: the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen
  3. verb: have a desire for something or someone who is not present“She ached for a cigarette”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

YEN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Y4 E1 N1.

Anagrams of YEN (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In YEN

4 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 (4)

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