92 words come out when you unscramble BALAYAGE, starting with BALAYAGE itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of BALAYAGE is on the page: GALABEYA, each 14 points. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BALAYAGE by length: 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 12 with 5, 29 with 4, 34 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in BALAYAGE: GALABEA, for 10 points.
Keep every letter of BALAYAGE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in GE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GALABEYA (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BALAYAGE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALAYAGE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 92) | 76 | 92 | 69 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
16 of the 92 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALAYAGE, GLEBY, BAYLE, GALABEA, BAYE, BLAY, BLEY, YABA, GYAL, ALAY, YALE, ALBE and 4 more. 7 of the 92 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GALABEYA, ABAYA, YAGE, BLAG, YAG, BEAL and BAE.
These 3 words take every letter of BALAYAGE plus a single extra one.