Is YELLOWNESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, YELLOWNESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does YELLOWNESS mean?
- noun
yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
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Words With Friends
10
Letters
Y (4) + E (1) + L (1) + L (1) + O (1) + W (4) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 16 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsNot listed
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 YELLOWNESS
YELLOWNESS 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 YELLOWNESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- yellows13
- slowly12
- sweeny12
- weensy12
- yellow12
- wellness11
- lowly11
- newly11
- newsy11
- snowy11
- weeny11
- welly11
- wyles11
- yowes11
- yowls11
- lowness10
- swollen10
- woeness10
- owly10
- wyes10
- wyle10
- wyns10
- yeow10
- yews10
- yowe10
- yowl10
- yows10
- lonely9
- newels9
- newses9
- selsyn9
- solely9
- sowens9
- swells9
- wye9
- wyn9
- yew9
- yow9
- eensy8
- enows8
- lossy8
- lowes8
- lowse8
- lyses8
- nelly8
- newel8
- nosey8
- owsen8
- seely8
- slews8
- slows8
- snows8
- snyes8
- sonly8
- sonsy8
- swell8
- swole8
- weens8
- wells8
- yells8
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