yearling
Plural: yearlings
Noun
- An animal between one and two years old.
- a young child
- a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
- an animal in its second year
- An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).
- A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
- A sophomore at West Point military academy.
Examples
- a yearling lamb
- A YEARLING of a word, it was small but strategically placed for maximum points.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year + -ling. Cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), German Jährling (“yearling”).
Scrabble Score: 12
yearling: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordyearling: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
yearling: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
yearling: valid Words With Friends Word