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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
A hyphen is advisable when thank-you is used as a noun or adjective: Some kind of thank-you seemed appropriate, so I sent a thank-you note. However, avoid a hyphen with the expression thank you (as in I thank you or we thank you).