young

ADJECTIVENOUN /jəŋ/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH Y

young is a valid 5-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
Y4O1U1N1G2
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING

What does young mean?

ADJECTIVE · 5 SENSES
1

(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity.

“young corn”

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2

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth.

“young people”

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3

Not tried or tested by experience.

“a young hand at plowing”

4

Being in its early stage.

“a young industry”

“the day is still young”

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5

Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh.

“he is young for his age”

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NOUN · 9 SENSES
1

English poet (1683-1765).

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2

United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959).

3

United States civil rights leader (1921-1971).

4

United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877).

5

British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829).

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United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955).

7

United States film and television actress (1913-2000).

9

Young people collectively.

“rock music appeals to the young”

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