127 words come out when you unscramble FLYHANDS, starting with FLYHANDS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. FLYHAND and SHADFLY are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 8 letters split into 1 vowel and 7 consonants.
F4L12Y43H43A1N12D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FLYHANDS split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 3 with 6, 18 with 5, 43 with 4, 44 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 4-letter words from FLYHANDS, FADY leads with 11 points, then ASHY and FAHS on 10. DAYS, HAND and LAND are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FLYHANDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FL · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHADFLY (17 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: FLYHANDS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLYHANDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 127) | 102 | 125 | 89 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: FLYHANDS, FLYHAND, FADY, HALFS, YAHS, FANDS, SDAYN, SHAND, FAND, FY, HADS, SYND and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: HANDSY, FAHS, NYAH, FAH, LAHS, AHS, LAH, YAS, DANS, DAN, DAS, DA and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALFS and ALF.