yakitori
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 8
/jækɪˈtɔəɹi/
Definition of yakitori
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken or other ingredients cooked on skewers, often marinated in soy sauce or seasoned with salt.
“Friday night on Ninsei. He passed yakitori stands and massage parlors, a franchised coffee shop called Beautiful Girl, the electronic thunder of an arcade.”
“We should have the bazaars full of yakitori pitches and geishas in bamboo cages.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 焼(や)き鳥(とり) (yakitori), from 焼(や)き (yaki, “grilled, toasted”) + 鳥(とり) (tori, “bird”).
Words you can make from yakitori
94 playable · top: TOKAY (12 pts)
Best play tokay 12 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
9 words4-letter words
33 words- KAYO 11 pts
- KRAY 11 pts
- KYAR 11 pts
- KYAT 11 pts
- OAKY 11 pts
- OKAY 11 pts
- IKAT 8 pts
- KART 8 pts
- KORA 8 pts
- KORI 8 pts
- KRAI 8 pts
- OKRA 8 pts
- RAKI 8 pts
- TIKI 8 pts
- AIRY 7 pts
- ARTY 7 pts
- OATY 7 pts
- RYOT 7 pts
- TORY 7 pts
- TRAY 7 pts
- TROY 7 pts
- TYRO 7 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- IOTA 4 pts
- RATO 4 pts
- RIOT 4 pts
- ROTA 4 pts
- ROTI 4 pts
- TARO 4 pts
- TIRO 4 pts
- TORA 4 pts
- TORI 4 pts
- TRIO 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- KAY 10 pts
- YAK 10 pts
- YOK 10 pts
- ARK 7 pts
- IRK 7 pts
- KAT 7 pts
- KIR 7 pts
- KIT 7 pts
- KOA 7 pts
- KOI 7 pts
- KOR 7 pts
- OAK 7 pts
- OIK 7 pts
- OKA 7 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- TOY 6 pts
- TRY 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
2-letter words
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