yeast
NOUN
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5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH Y
yeast is a valid 5-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
Y4E1A1S1T1
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING
What does yeast mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey.
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2
Any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division.
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