241 words come out when you unscramble DELAYING, starting with DELAYING itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, YEADING leads with 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for dealingy, ldayngie, niyegdla or ldangeiy? They use the same letters as DELAYING, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DELAYING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Of the 29 6-letter words in DELAYING, 7 score 11 points, the group's best. GAINED, DENIAL and LAYING are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 5-letter words from DELAYING tie at 10 points; none scores more. DAILY, IDEAL and ANGEL will look familiar.
EDGY scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DELAYING at 9 points, ahead of AGLY and DENY on 8. DEAL, GAIN and LADY are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 3-letter words from DELAYING tie at 7 points; none scores more. ANY, DAY and END will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DELAYING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
DELAYING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DELAYING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELAYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 189 | 241 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
52 of the 241 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YEADING, ALEYING, GYLDEN, YEDING, EYLIAD, GANDY, GYELD, LYNAGE, DENAY, GEYAN, GYNAE, DAEING and 40 more. 13 of the 241 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANGLY, DEALIGN, GYNIE, LAYIN, YAGE, GALED, YAG, DENI, GEAN, DAN, NEG, DA and 1 more.
These 3 words take every letter of DELAYING plus a single extra one.