Yaup
4 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
To cry out loudly or squawk in a harsh, prolonged manner.
“The gulls would yaup from the clifftops at dawn, waking everyone in the cottage.”
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Wordle
The AU vowel pair inside a Y word is unusual and easy to miss, worth remembering as a variant of YAWP
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Worth 9 points, the AU combination is a useful pattern to know, closely related to the valid variant YAWP
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