Unscramble DENAYING and you have 154 words, DENAYING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DENYING and YEADING, 12 points each. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DENAYING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 20 with 5, 45 with 4, 52 with 3 and 20 with 2.
EDGY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DENAYING at 9 points; next come DENY and DIYA on 8. IDEA, GAIN and NINE will look familiar.
Among 52 3-letter words made with DENAYING letters, the top score is 7, reached by 7. ANY, DAY and END are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DENAYING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DENYING (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DENAYING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENAYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 154) | 103 | 154 | 93 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DENAYING, YEADING, YEDING, GANDY, DANNY, DENAY, GENNY, GEYAN, GYNAE, NYING, DAEING, DIYA and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GYNIE, YAGE, INNAGE, YAG, DENI, GEAN, DAN, NEG, DA and GI, 10 in all.
This word takes every letter of DENAYING plus a single extra one.