Unscramble ANXIOUSLY to get 224 words. ANXIOUSLY itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 16 points, SAXONY, IXNAYS and NOYAUX among them. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1N12X8I1O1U12S1L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from ANXIOUSLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 22 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with ANXIOUSLY letters: ANXIOUS, for 14 points.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ANXIOUSLY are led by IXNAY and XYLAN, 15 points each. LOANS, SALON and LIONS are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words from ANXIOUSLY tie at 14 points; none scores more. ONLY, ALSO and LOAN will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from ANXIOUSLY, OXY leads with 13 points, then LAX and LOX on 10. ANY, SAY and OIL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ANXIOUSLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AN · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What ANXIOUSLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANXIOUSLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANXIOUSLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 173 | 224 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: YUNX, LINUX, NOXAL, SALIX, LANX, NOX, NOYAUS, SNAILY, SAYON, SOILY, AYUS, LOYS and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: IXNAYS, NOYAUX, IXNAY, LAYINS, ONLAYS, LAYIN, NOYAU, ONLAY, YOUS, INSULA, YAS, LIAS and 4 more.