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yankee

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Is yankee a Scrabble word?

No, yankee is not in the Scrabble dictionary. Worth 13 points if it were valid.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) No
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) No
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends No

What is the meaning of yankee?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (chiefly Commonwealth, sometimes derogatory) A native or inhabitant of the United States.Examples: "...in a short time, a kind of infectious mirth and pride in their bargains took possession of the place, and every one bought something, holding out their purchases to view, and praising them in the words and phraseology of the young yankees, who, finding their own importance, were not slow to avail themselves of it,..."Synonyms: American, Americunt, Ameritard, Seppo, septic, United Statesian, United Statian, UsanianCommonwealthderogatorysometimes

2. (chiefly Southern US) A native or inhabitant of the Northern United States.Examples: "[…]so that I couldn't help telling her, sir, that in our country, leastways in Virginia (they say the Yankees are very pert), young people don't speak of their elders so."; "“So, he is the father of Emmie Slattery’s baby,” thought Scarlett. “Oh, well. What else can you expect from a Yankee man and a white-trash girl?”"Southern-US

3. (chiefly Northern US) A native or inhabitant of New England.Northern-US

4. (chiefly southern Louisiana) An Anglo, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States.LouisianaSouthern

5. (nautical) A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail.

6. (baseball) A player for the New York Yankees.

verb (English)

1. (dated, slang, US, Canada, sometimes offensive) to cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent somethingExamples: "Kentuckians reportedly regarded a Yankee “as a sort of Jesuit” because of his religious zeal, while in Illinois the term yankeed was synonymous with cheated."CanadaUSdatedoffensiveslangsometimes

noun (English)

1. (nautical) A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.

2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Yankee from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.alt-of

This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "yankee"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "yankee"?

Scrabble
13 points
Y4
A1
N1
K5
E1
E1

Not in the Scrabble dictionary, but this is how many points it would be worth.

Words With Friends
13 points
Y4
A1
N2
K5
E1
E1

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