Unscramble ANYWHEN and you have 80 words, ANYWHEN itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. ANYWHEN as a single 7-tile play makes 66 in Scrabble, 16 plus the 50 bonus, and 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ANYWHEN by length: 1 with 7 letters, 5 with 5, 19 with 4, 38 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 6 letters.
WHY scores highest among the 3-letter words from ANYWHEN at 12 points, ahead of HAW and HAY on 9. NEW, ANY and WAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ANYWHEN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with AN · ending in EN · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WHEY (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ANYWHEN, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANYWHEN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 65 | 80 | 63 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
15 of the 80 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANYWHEN, HENNY, HYEN, WHAE, HYE, WEY, WENA, HAN, NYE, YAE, NY, NANE and 3 more. 2 of the 80 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NYAH and EW.