Unscramble DELEGACY to get 154 words. DELEGACY itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are LEGACY, CADGY and CLAYED, 12 points each. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DELEGACY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 33 with 5, 52 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in DELEGACY: GLACEED, for 11 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DELEGACY, CADGY leads with 12 points, then CAGEY and DECAY on 11. DELAY, EAGLE and DECAL are the familiar ones.
CAGY tops the 4-letter words from DELEGACY at 10 points; next come ACYL and CLAY on 9. LEAD, DEAL and EDGE will look familiar.
CAY and CLY share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words from DELEGACY. DAY, GAY and AGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DELEGACY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in CY · all 8-letter words
The meaning of DELEGACY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DELEGACY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELEGACY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 154) | 128 | 154 | 118 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YCLED, ALEYED, GYELD, DEELY, ALEYE, CADEE, CLY, GEALED, GYAL, YEAD, YEDE, YEED and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: YCLAD, GLACED, EAGLED, YAGE, CLEG, GALED, YAG, CAL, LEDE and DA, 10 in all.