Unscramble candy

20 words come out when you unscramble CANDY, starting with CANDY itself: 11 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: DANCY. The strongest shorter words are CYAN and CANY, 9 points each. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.

CDYAN unscrambles to CANDY: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for dnacy, nydac, ydanc, yandc, dacny, dyanc, cnday, ycdan, nycad or yndca? They use the same letters as CANDY, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From candy

Counting the words from CANDY by length: 2 with 5 letters, 2 with 4, 9 with 3 and 7 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with candy

The 5-letter words made with CANDY letters are 2: CANDY itself and 1 anagram, DANCY. Each scores 11 points.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with candy

The 4-letter words in CANDY come to 2, each scoring 9 points. CYAN is the familiar one.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with candy

CAY tops the 3-letter words from CANDY at 8 points; next come DAY and YAD on 7. CAN, ANY and NAY will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with candy

AY, NY and YA share the top score of 5 among the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble CANDY. AN is the one most people know.

Neighbor Words of CANDY

Trade one tile of CANDY for another and you can spell these 6 words:

Y E gives DANCE · words from dance
C H gives HANDY · words from handy
D F gives FANCY · unscramble fancy
N R gives DARCY · words from darcy
N E gives DECAY · words from decay
C R gives RANDY · unscramble randy

More 5-letter words: starting with CA · ending in DY · all 5-letter words

What the Best CANDY Words Mean

What CANDY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

CANDY 11 · 12: to coat with sugar
CYAN 9 · 10: a blue color
CAY 8 · 8: a small low island
DAY 7 · 6: the time between sunrise and sunset
ANY 6 · 6: one, no matter which
CAD 6 · 7: an ungentlemanly man
NAY 6 · 6: a negative vote
AY 5 · 4: an affirmative vote

CANDY in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

CANDY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
CANDY itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 20)	16	20	14

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

4 of the 20 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DANCY, CANY, YAD and NY. 2 of the 20 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DAN and DA.

Longer Words Built on CANDY

These 2 words take every letter of CANDY plus a single extra one.