232 words come out when you unscramble DAYLIGHTS, starting with DAYLIGHTS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DAYLIGHT leads with 16 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DAYLIGHTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in DAYLIGHTS: DAYLIGHT, 16 points.
GASHLY scores highest among the 6-letter words from DAYLIGHTS at 13 points, ahead of HYLIST on 12 and DIGHTS on 11. LIGHTS, SLIGHT and DISTAL are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DAYLIGHTS, DASHY, DISHY and SHADY tie for first at 12 points. LIGHT, DAILY and SIGHT are everyday picks.
6 of 60 4-letter words in DAYLIGHTS tie at 10 points; none scores more. DAYS, STAY and HITS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with DAYLIGHTS letters, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. HAS, HAD and DAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DAYLIGHTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DA · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
DAYLIGHTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DAYLIGHTS, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAYLIGHTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 194 | 232 | 184 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, *Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GASHLY, HYLIST, HAILY, DAITHS, THAGIS, YAHS, AIGHT, DAITH, DIYAS, GATHS, GYALS, SIDHA and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HIYA, THALIS, THALI, AHIS, LAHS, LAH, YAS, AGS, DAS, GIS and SIG, 11 in all. Not in Scrabble US: DI.
This word takes every letter of DAYLIGHTS plus a single extra one.