341 words come out when you unscramble FORELAYING, starting with FORELAYING itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. FOREIGNLY and FORELYING are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FORELAYING split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 13 with 8, 46 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2.
46 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FORELAYING; 6 of them share the top score of 14. FOREIGN, RELYING and FRAGILE are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from FORELAYING, the top score is 13, reached by 7. NEARLY, FLYING and FAIRLY are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FORELAYING is FOGEY, 12 points; AREFY and FAERY on 11 follow. GLORY, ANGRY and LYING are everyday picks.
FOGY tops the 4-letter words from FORELAYING at 11 points; next come FLAY and FLEY on 10. GOLF, FAIR and FLAG will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in FORELAYING; 5 of them share the top score of 9. ANY, GAY and FAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FORELAYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with FO · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FORAYING and REFLYING (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FORELAYING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORELAYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 341) | 252 | 337 | 240 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 86 of them: FORELAYING, FOREIGNLY, FORELYING, AREFYING, FERLYING, ANGLIFY, FOYLING, FEGARY, FEYING, FORELAY, GRYFON, FAINLY and 74 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: FANGIRL, FOLEY, REFLAG, GYNIE, GYNO, YAGE, AFRO, GIF, YAG, YER, FE, GI and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALF and FI. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: OFAY. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: GOY.