Is YEN a Scrabble word?
Yes. YEN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.
Meaning The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
Noun 3 meanings
The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
A coin or note worth one yen.
A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
“humankind's yen for knowledge”
Verb 1 meaning
To have a strong desire for.
Etymology
From Medhurst and Hepburn’s romanizations, under the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese 圓(えん) (en, “round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now 円(えん) (en), from Chinese 銀圓 /银圆 (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): 銀 /银 (yín, “silver”) + 圓 /圆 (yuán, “circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”).
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YEN at a glance
YEN has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (Y 4 + E 1 + N 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #10,631 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -YEN
More endings- DOYEN9
- EYEN7
- HYEN10
- SEYEN8
- SYEN7
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