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Is YE a valid word?

Y4
E1

Yes. YE is a valid word.

YE is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.

YE is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.

About YE

YE is an old form of you, heard in phrases like hear ye and ye olde. It is also a common home for the Y, and it hooks into YEA, YEH, YEN, YEP, YES, YET and YEW.

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YE scores 5 points

Before any bonus squares: Y 4 + E 1 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Y4
E1

Example: YE as the first play

YE through the ★: Y 4 + E 1 = 5, and the ★ doubles the first word: 10 points. New tiles are outlined.

Later in the game, put the Y on a 3L square and YE is worth 13 before any word bonus.

Hooks: one tile makes a new word

In front of YE (10):

  • AYE
  • BYEan automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
  • DYEcolor with dye
  • EYEthe organ of sight
  • KYE
  • LYEa strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
  • PYE
  • RYEthe seed of the cereal grass
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  • TYE
  • WYEthe 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

After YE (9):

  • YEAan affirmative
  • YEH
  • YENa yearning for something or to do something
  • YEP
  • YER
  • YESan affirmative
  • YETup to the present time
  • YEWwood of a yew
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  • YEZsame as YOUSE: same as YOU

Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.

Longer words from YE

Words that start with YE:

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  • YELK
  • YELLutter a sudden loud cry
  • YELPbark in a high-pitched tone
  • YENSform of YEN: a yearning for something or to do something

Change one tile

Swap any one letter of YE and these are still words:

  • AEone (Scots)
  • BEto exist (am, is, are, was, were)
  • DEof; from (in names)
  • FEa Hebrew letter
  • HEa male person
  • MEthe speaker, as in “give it to me”; also, an ego
  • NEborn with the name of
  • OEa whirlwind off the Faroe Islands
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  • PEa Hebrew letter
  • REthe second tone of the diatonic musical scale
  • TEti, the seventh note of the musical scale
  • WEthe first person nominative plural pronoun

Same letters, other words

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters Y and E.

Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more

YE + A

YE + B

  • BEY(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt
  • BYEan automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

YE + D

YE + E

  • EYEthe organ of sight

YE + F

  • FEYslightly insane

YE + G

YE + H

YE + K

  • KEYmetal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

Memory tip

YE is an old way to say “you”, as in “hear ye”. YEA, YEH, YEN, YEP, YES, YET and YEW all hook off the end.

On these lists

Other two-letter words starting with Y

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