Definition of yeast

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • yeast is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
  • yeast is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
  • yeast is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of yeast


  • a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. barm
  • any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division (noun)

See definition of yeast in Merriam Webster