Is YAW a Scrabble word?
Yes. YAW is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.
Meaning The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.
Noun 4 meanings
The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.
The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile.
A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
The extent of yawing; the rotation angle about the vertical axis.
“the yaw of an aircraft”
Verb 4 meanings
To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
To swerve off course to port or starboard.
To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
Etymology
Unknown, first attested in the mid-16th century.
YAW at a glance
YAW has 3 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (Y 4 + A 1 + W 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #33,288 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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