Unscramble DECAYING and you have 189 words, DECAYING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. CYANIDE and GYNECIA are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DECAYING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 20 with 2.
CADGY tops the 5-letter words from DECAYING at 12 points; next come ACIDY and CAGEY on 11. DANCE, CANDY and DYING will look familiar.
CAGY scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DECAYING at 10 points, ahead of CANY and CYAN on 9. NICE, IDEA and GAIN are the ones most people know.
CAY and ICY are the top 3-letter words from DECAYING, 8 points each. CAN, ANY and DAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DECAYING but one, change that one, and you get:
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What DECAYING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DECAYING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECAYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 143 | 189 | 128 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
46 of the 189 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YEADING, DANCY, YEDING, GANDY, CANDIE, CANY, DENAY, GEYAN, GYNAE, CADIE, DAEING, DIYA and 34 more. 15 of the 189 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANCEY, CNIDAE, DECANI, GYNIE, CNIDA, DECAN, YAGE, YAG, CIG, DENI, GEAN, DAN and 3 more.
This word takes every letter of DECAYING plus a single extra one.