Unscramble BALAYAGED to get 172 words. BALAYAGED itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BALAYAGED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 37 with 5, 53 with 4, 52 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with BALAYAGED letters: GALABEA, 10 points.
GYBED tops the 5-letter words from BALAYAGED at 12 points; next come ABYED and BADLY on 11. DELAY, BLADE and BADGE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BALAYAGED, BYDE, GABY and GYBE tie for first at 10 points. ABLE, LEAD and DEAL are everyday picks.
Among 52 3-letter words from BALAYAGED, the top score is 8, reached by 4. DAY, GAY and AGE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BALAYAGED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GALABEYA (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BALAYAGED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALAYAGED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 141 | 172 | 128 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 31 of them: BALAYAGED, BALAYAGE, BLADY, GLEBY, ALAYED, BAYLE, BYDE, DAGABA, GALABEA, GYELD, BAYE, BLAY and 19 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: GALABEYA, ABYED, ABAYA, BEGAD, DEBAG, ABLED, YAGE, BLAG, GALED, YAG, BEAL, BAE and 1 more.