Unscramble DELAYINGLY to get 279 words. DELAYINGLY itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2E1L12A1Y43I1N12G23L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DELAYINGLY split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 21 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
LEADINGLY is the only one of the 9-letter words made with DELAYINGLY letters; it scores 14 points.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DELAYINGLY is DYINGLY, 15 points; DAYLILY and LYINGLY on 14 follow. LEADING, DEALING and IDEALLY are everyday picks.
8 of 48 6-letter words from DELAYINGLY tie at 11 points; none scores more. GAINED, ALLIED and DENIAL will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from DELAYINGLY, GAYLY leads with 12 points, then DINGY and DYING on 10. DAILY, ANGEL and DELAY are the familiar ones.
GYNY tops the 4-letter words in DELAYINGLY at 11 points; next come EDGY on 9 and AGLY on 8. DEAL, LADY and DELL will look familiar.
YAY scores highest among the 3-letter words made with DELAYINGLY letters at 9 points, ahead of DAY and DEY on 7. ANY, END and GAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DELAYINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DAYLILY and LYINGLY (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DELAYINGLY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELAYINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 215 | 279 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
64 of the 279 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DELAYINGLY, DYINGLY, LEADINGLY, LEYLANDI, YEADING, ALEYING, GYLDEN, GYNY, YEDING, EGALLY, EYLIAD, GANDY and 52 more. 14 of the 279 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANGLY, DEALIGN, GELLY, GYNIE, LAYIN, NIGELLA, YAGE, GALED, YAG, DENI, DAN, NEG and 2 more.