Unscramble ETHYNYLS to get 118 words. ETHYNYLS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ETHYNYL leads with 16 points. 8 letters: 1 vowel and 7 consonants.
E1T1H43Y43N12Y43L12S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ETHYNYLS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 17 with 5, 44 with 4, 39 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in ETHYNYLS: ETHYNYL, for 16 points.
6 of 44 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ETHYNYLS tie at 10 points; none scores more. THEN, SENT and LENS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ETHYNYLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ET · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
What ETHYNYLS means, then the 6 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ETHYNYLS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETHYNYLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 118) | 81 | 117 | 77 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: LYTHES, YSHENT, HYENS, HYLES, LYTHE, SYTHE, YESTY, HEYS, HYEN, HYES, HYLE, HYE and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: SHEN, EST, TES and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: NESTY.