YOUNG
9
Definition
Pronunciation: //jʌŋ//
adj
- (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age."And thou, our Mother, twice two centuries young, Bend with bright shafts of truth thy bow fresh-strung."
- (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak."Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this."
noun
- (often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals."The lion caught a gnu to feed its young."
verb
- (informal or demography) To become or seem to become younger."The aging (or younging) of a population refers to the fact that a population, as a unit of observation, is getting older (or younger)."
- (informal or demography) To cause to appear younger."Medicare data was "younged" by a month to achieve conformity with the conventional completed ages recorded in the census."
- (geology) To exhibit younging."Shoshonitic magmatism younged southwards in the Superior Province, commensurate with the southwardly diachronous accretion of allochthonous subprovinces."
Source: Kaikki
Word Details
- Length
- 5 letters
- Scrabble Points
- 9 points
- Words With Friends Points
- 11 points
Word Games
- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL)
- Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
- Yes
- Wordle
- Yes
- Words With Friends
- Yes
How many Scrabble points is the word 'YOUNG'?
The word YOUNG is worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Y4
O1
U1
N1
G2
Total: 9 points
How many Words With Friends points is the word 'YOUNG'?
The word YOUNG is worth 11 points in Words With Friends.
Y3
O1
U2
N2
G3
Total: 11 points
What's the difference between Scrabble and Words With Friends points?
While many letters share the same point values, there are several key differences between Scrabble and Words With Friends point values:
- B, C, M, P: Worth 3 points in Scrabble, but 4 points in Words With Friends
- H, Y: Worth 4 points in Scrabble, but 3 points in Words With Friends
- L, N, U: Worth 1 point in Scrabble, but 2 points in Words With Friends
- V: Worth 4 points in Scrabble, but 5 points in Words With Friends
- J: Worth 8 points in Scrabble, but 10 points in Words With Friends
Note: These are base letter values. Actual game scores also depend on bonus squares (Double/Triple Letter/Word) and board placement, which differ between the two games. See the complete Scrabble point values and Words With Friends point values for full reference.