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Is yield a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word yield is a Scrabble US word. The word yield is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is yield a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word yield is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

Y4I1E1L1D2

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Yes. The word yield is a Words With Friends word. The word yield is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

YIELD,

4-letter words (9 found)

DEIL,DELI,DIEL,EILD,IDLE,IDLY,IDYL,LIED,YELD,

3-letter words (14 found)

DEI,DEL,DEY,DIE,DYE,ELD,IDE,LED,LEI,LEY,LID,LIE,LYE,YID,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,ID,LI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from yield according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of yield

yield iyeld yeild eyild ieyld eiyld yiled iyled ylied lyied ilyed liyed yelid eylid yleid lyeid elyid leyid ielyd eilyd ileyd lieyd eliyd leiyd yiedl iyedl yeidl eyidl ieydl eiydl yidel iydel ydiel dyiel idyel diyel yedil eydil ydeil dyeil edyil deyil iedyl eidyl ideyl dieyl ediyl deiyl yilde iylde ylide lyide ilyde liyde yidle iydle ydile dyile idyle diyle yldie lydie ydlie dylie ldyie dlyie ildye lidye idlye dilye ldiye dliye yeldi eyldi yledi lyedi elydi leydi yedli eydli ydeli dyeli edyli deyli yldei lydei ydlei dylei ldyei dlyei eldyi ledyi edlyi delyi ldeyi dleyi ieldy eildy iledy liedy elidy leidy iedly eidly idely diely edily deily ildey lidey idley diley ldiey dliey eldiy lediy edliy deliy ldeiy dleiy

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Definitions and meaning of yield

yield

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jiːld/
  • Rhymes: -iːld

Etymology 1

From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).

Verb

yield (third-person singular simple present yields, present participle yielding, simple past yielded or (obsolete) yold, past participle yielded or (obsolete) yolden)

  1. to give
    1. (obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
    2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
    3. To give, or give forth, (anything).
  2. To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
    1. To give as demanded; to relinquish.
    2. To give way; to allow another to pass first.
    3. (intransitive) To give way; to succumb to a force.
    4. (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
    5. (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
  3. to produce
    1. To produce as return, as from an investment.
    2. (mathematics) To produce as a result.
    3. (linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
Synonyms
  • submit - To fully surrender
  • capitulate - To end all resistance, may imply a compensation with an enemy or to end all resistance because of loss of hope
  • succumb - To fully surrender, because of helplessness and extreme weakness, to the leader of an opposing force
  • relent - A yielding because of pity or mercy
  • defer - A voluntary submitting out of respect, reverence or affection
  • give way - To succumb to persistent persuasion.
  • surrender - To give up into the power, control, or possession of another
  • cede - To give up, give way, give away
  • give up - To surrender
  • produce - To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.
  • bear - To produce something, such as fruit or crops
  • supply - To provide (something), to make (something) available for use
  • give in
  • to trade away - to let others get hold of a property or right of yours.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English ȝeld, from Old English ġield, from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).

Noun

yield (countable and uncountable, plural yields)

  1. (obsolete) Payment; tribute.
  2. A product; the quantity of something produced.
  4. The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuke, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
  5. (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
  6. (finance) Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
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Anagrams

  • Leidy, ylide

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English yield.

Noun

yield f or m (plural yields)

  1. (finance) yield (the current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond)

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Source: wiktionary.org