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Is YAHOOS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, YAHOOS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does YAHOOS mean?

Yahoos is a form of YAHOO.

  1. noun

    a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

  2. noun

    one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift

  3. noun

    a widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

Scrabble
12
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6

Y (4) + A (1) + H (4) + O (1) + O (1) + S (1) = 12 points in Scrabble.

Dictionary status

  • Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
  • Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
  • Words With FriendsListed

Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.

Hooks for YAHOOS

YAHOOS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.

Front hooks0

None. Nothing can be added to the front.

Back hooks0

None. Nothing can be added to the end.

Words you can make from YAHOOS

The 44 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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