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Definition, Scrabble score, anagrams & word-game reference
Yes. YUGOSLAVIA is a valid Scrabble word in the UnscrambleTools dictionary (10 letters, 17 base points). It is suitable for casual Scrabble, Words with Friends practice, and anagram study; official tournament lists (NASPA/WESPA) may differ slightly.
Part of speech: noun
a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980; "Tito's Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro"
serbia and montenegro, union of serbia and montenegro, federal republic of yugoslavia, jugoslavija
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
YUGOSLAVIA scores 17 points before board multipliers.
Letter counts: A×2, G×1, I×1, L×1, O×1, S×1, U×1, V×1, Y×1
YUGOSLAVIA has no other anagrams in this dictionary.
YUGOSLAVIA is a 10-letter answer slot candidate. Filter by length 10, starts with Y, ends with A, or contains letters from your crossing entries in the Crossword Solver and Pattern Finder.
Example: "YUGOSLAVIA — a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980; "Tito's Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro"" (17 Scrabble points).
YUGOSLAVIA is listed in the UnscrambleTools word-game dictionary used across our unscrambler, anagram, pattern, and scoring tools. Pages like this one exist so you can answer "Is YUGOSLAVIA a Scrabble word?" with data — not guesswork — before you play a tile or fill a crossword slot.
YUGOSLAVIA (noun): a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980; "Tito's Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro". Additional senses: a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
In standard Scrabble scoring, YUGOSLAVIA totals 17 points before multipliers. That sum uses official letter values: common tiles (A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R) are worth 1, while D and G are 2, B, C, M, P are 3, F, H, V, W, Y are 4, K is 5, J and X are 8, and Q and Z are 10. YUGOSLAVIA relies mostly on common tiles, which often makes it easier to play from a mixed rack but caps the raw ceiling compared with high-premium words.
YUGOSLAVIA is 10 letters long, begins with Y, ends with A, and sorts to the alphagram AAGILOSUVY. No other entry in this dictionary rearranges into the same letter set, so YUGOSLAVIA is unique within its alphagram family. Letter makeup: 5 vowels, 5 consonants.
Among 17 tracked 10-letter entries, YUGOSLAVIA ranks by raw score (17 points). Similar-length words in the same dictionary include RAZZMATAZZ, QUIZZINGLY, ZYZZOGETON, WHIZZINGLY; open their word pages to compare endings, vowel weight, and crossover potential.
Strategically, YUGOSLAVIA carries 5 vowels and 5 consonants. Its vowel-heavy shape often plays cleanly from racks with excess vowels. Hooks on Y or A are common study angles; browse words starting with Y and words ending with A to rehearse parallel sets.
YUGOSLAVIA is a 10-letter answer slot candidate. Filter by length 10, starts with Y, ends with A, or contains letters from your crossing entries in the Crossword Solver and Pattern Finder. For American-style grids, 10-letter entries like YUGOSLAVIA frequently cross shorter words; knowing that YUGOSLAVIA contains A, G, I, L, O, S, U, V, Y helps you test crossing letters quickly. When you only know a few cells, open the Crossword Solver with a pattern such as y????????a to narrow candidates before checking definitions.
Notable letter pairs inside YUGOSLAVIA include AV, GO, UG — each links to a "contains" list for deeper drilling. Unique letters used: Y, U, G, O, S, L, A, V, I. Letter-frequency tables on this site are built from the same dictionary that powers the Word Unscrambler, so list pages and word pages stay consistent.
Use UnscrambleTools tools together: unscramble yugoslavia directly in the Word Unscrambler, rehearse rearrangements in the Anagram Solver, filter crossword slots in the Pattern Finder, and verify 17 points in the Scrabble Score Calculator. Daily puzzle hints and Wordle practice pages share the same dictionary backbone, which keeps scores and validity aligned across the site.
Etymology: UnscrambleTools does not publish a full historical etymology for every rare word-game entry. When we detect recognizable English prefixes or suffixes, we note them in the definition section; otherwise treat YUGOSLAVIA as a playable vocabulary item for puzzles and study.
Example usage: Example: "YUGOSLAVIA — a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980; "Tito's Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro"" (17 Scrabble points). If you are validating a tournament list, cross-check NASPA or WESPA references — our dictionary optimizes for practical word-game coverage, including obscure but legal entries that appear in casual Scrabble and crossword construction.