Unscramble DYAD to get 10 words. DYAD itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: ADDY. Of the shorter words, DAY and YAD lead with 7 points. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DYAD by length: 2 with 4 letters, 4 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of DYAD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with DY · ending in AD · all 4-letter words
DYAD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DYAD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYAD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 10) | 8 | 10 | 7 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
2 of the 10 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADDY and YAD. 1 of the 10 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: DA.
These 11 words take every letter of DYAD plus a single extra one.