Unscramble CAGYNESS and you have 168 words, CAGYNESS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is AGENCY, 12 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CAGYNESS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from CAGYNESS, CAGEY leads with 11 points, then CYANS and SCYES on 10. CASES, ESSAY and GASES are the familiar ones.
CAGY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CAGYNESS at 10 points; next come CANY and CAYS on 9. CASE, EASY and SAYS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in CAGYNESS, CAY leads with 8 points, then GAY and GEY on 7. CAN, ANY and YES are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of CAGYNESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AGENCY (12 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CAGYNESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAGYNESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 120 | 168 | 108 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAGYNESS, GANSEYS, GANSEY, GYNAES, SCYES, CANY, GEYAN, GYANS, GYNAE, NYASES, SCYE, CANGS and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: YAGES, EYASS, YAGE, YAGS, YAG, GEANS, YAS, GEAN, NEGS, AGS, NEG and SAN, 12 in all.
This word takes every letter of CAGYNESS plus a single extra one.