101 words come out when you unscramble CALISAYAS, starting with CALISAYAS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CALISAYA, 13 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CALISAYAS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 6, 28 with 5, 29 with 4, 27 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with CALISAYAS letters: CALISAYA, 13 points.
Keep every letter of CALISAYAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in AS · all 9-letter words
What CALISAYAS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CALISAYAS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALISAYAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 101) | 87 | 101 | 79 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 14 of them: ALAYS, CLY, SCAILS, ALAY, SAICS, SCAIL, SCALA, CAAS, SAIC, CAA, AIAS, SAIS and 2 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: LASSY, ACAIS, ACAI, CALS, YAS, CAL, LASSI and LIAS.