Is YELLOWTAILS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, YELLOWTAILS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does YELLOWTAILS mean?
Yellowtails is a form of YELLOWTAIL.
- noun
superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
- noun
game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 11
Y (4) + E (1) + L (1) + L (1) + O (1) + W (4) + T (1) + A (1) + I (1) + L (1) + S (1) = 17 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 YELLOWTAILS
YELLOWTAILS 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 YELLOWTAILS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- yellowtail16
- sallowly14
- sweatily14
- tollways14
- lowlily13
- oilways13
- sallowy13
- tallowy13
- tollway13
- walleys13
- yellows13
- loyalties12
- oilway12
- slowly12
- sweaty12
- walley12
- wisely12
- yellow12
- yowies12
- lowliest11
- loyalest11
- loyalist11
- walliest11
- lowly11
- stewy11
- wally11
- welly11
- wetly11
- willy11
- wyles11
- wytes11
- yawls11
- yowes11
- yowie11
- yowls11
- owliest10
- saltily10
- stalely10
- tallows10
- waliest10
- wallets10
- wallies10
- willets10
- owly10
- sway10
- towy10
- waly10
- ways10
- wily10
- wyes10
- wyle10
- wyte10
- yawl10
- yaws10
- yeow10
- yews10
- yowe10
- yowl10
- yows10
- ywis10
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