yong
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
/jɔŋ/
Definition of yong
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of young.
“I ſpeake not like a dotard, nor a foole, As vnder priuiledge of age to bragge, What I haue done being yong, or what would doe, Were I not old, […]”
“caused the yong king […]”
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adj
-
(alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of young.
“I ſpeake not like a dotard, nor a foole, As vnder priuiledge of age to bragge, What I haue done being yong, or what would doe, Were I not old, […]”
“caused the yong king […]”
name
- A surname.
- (historical)Synonym of Yongzhou: any of various regions and provinces of ancient and early medieval China.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
The romanization of various Chinese and Korean surnames, including Mandarin 雍 (Yōng), Cantonese 楊／杨 (joeng4), Hakka 楊／杨 (Yòng), Cantonese 容 (jung4), Korean 용(龍) (Yong), etc.
Words you can make from yong
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