Unscramble CLAYPANS and you have 158 words, CLAYPANS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34L12A1Y43P34A1N12S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CLAYPANS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 42 with 5, 55 with 4, 43 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in CLAYPANS: CLAYPAN, for 14 points.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLAYPANS is SPACY, 12 points; ACYLS and APAYS on 10 follow. PLANS, PLAYS and CANAL are everyday picks.
PACY scores highest among the 4-letter words from CLAYPANS at 11 points, ahead of ACYL and APAY on 9. PLAN, PLAY and SCAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CLAYPANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CL · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
What CLAYPANS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CLAYPANS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYPANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 158) | 124 | 158 | 112 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: PALAYS, APAYS, CALPAS, PALAY, SPYAL, APAY, CALPA, CALPS, CANY, CAPAS, SCAPA, ALAYS and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: PACY, NAPAS, PAANS, PALSA, CALS, NAPA, PAAN, YAS, CAL, NALAS, NALA and SAN.