Is YO a Scrabble word?
Yes. YO is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Emphatic conclusion to a statement.
Interjection 1 meaning
Emphatic conclusion to a statement.
Pronoun 1 meaning
Generic third-person singular pronoun (primarily used in place of he and she).
“Is dat yo mama? What's yo doin' in here??”
Noun 1 meaning
The name of the letter Ё/ё in Cyrillic alphabets.
Etymology
g. huzzah, giddyup). Originally from Middle English yo, io, ȝo, yeo, yaw, variant forms of ya, ye (“yes, yea”), from Old English ġēa (“yes, yea”), from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”); or perhaps from Old English ēow (“Wo!, Alas!”, interjection).
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YO at a glance
YO has 2 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (Y 4 + O 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,280 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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