Yokel in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is yokel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word yokel is a Scrabble US word. The word yokel is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

Y4O1K5E1L1

Is yokel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word yokel is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

Y4O1K5E1L1

Is yokel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word yokel is a Words With Friends word. The word yokel is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Y3O1K5E1L2

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5-letter words (2 found)

KYLOE,YOKEL,

4-letter words (7 found)

KOEL,KYLE,LOKE,YELK,YLKE,YOKE,YOLK,

3-letter words (11 found)

ELK,KEY,KYE,LEK,LEY,LOY,LYE,OKE,OLE,OYE,YOK,

2-letter words (9 found)

EL,KO,KY,LO,OE,OK,OY,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from yokel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of yokel

yokel oykel ykoel kyoel okyel koyel yoekl oyekl yeokl eyokl oeykl eoykl ykeol kyeol yekol eykol keyol ekyol okeyl koeyl oekyl eokyl keoyl ekoyl yokle oykle ykole kyole okyle koyle yolke oylke yloke lyoke olyke loyke ykloe kyloe ylkoe lykoe klyoe lkyoe oklye kolye olkye lokye kloye lkoye yoelk oyelk yeolk eyolk oeylk eoylk yolek oylek yloek lyoek olyek loyek yelok eylok yleok lyeok elyok leyok oelyk eolyk oleyk loeyk eloyk leoyk ykelo kyelo yeklo eyklo keylo ekylo ykleo kyleo ylkeo lykeo klyeo lkyeo yelko eylko yleko lyeko elyko leyko kelyo eklyo kleyo lkeyo elkyo lekyo okely koely oekly eokly keoly ekoly okley koley olkey lokey kloey lkoey oelky eolky oleky loeky eloky leoky keloy ekloy kleoy lkeoy elkoy lekoy

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Definitions and meaning of yokel

yokel

Etymology

1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf. Yankee (little John) and jacquerie (peasant uprising). Alternatively, from dialectal English yokel (woodpecker).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjəʊ.kəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjoʊ.kəl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊkəl
  • Homophone: jokul

Noun

yokel (plural yokels)

  1. (derogatory) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
    Synonyms: boor, bumpkin, country bumpkin, joskin, hillbilly, hick, peasant, provincial, rube, rustic, yahoo
    • 1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, London: Phoenix, 1994, Chapter 8.6, p. 560,[3]
      ‘You may think that because you live in Brahmpur you have seen the world―or more of the world than we poor yokels see. But some of us yokels have also seen the world―and not just the world of Brahmpur, but of Bombay. []

Derived terms

  • local yokel
  • yokeldom
  • yokelish
  • yokelism
  • yokelry
  • wokel
  • yob

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Anagrams

  • Kolye, Lokey, koley, kyloe

Source: wiktionary.org