Unscramble FORESTAY and you have 242 words, FORESTAY itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
F4O1R1E1S1T1A1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FORESTAY split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in FORESTAY: FORESAY, for 13 points.
8 of 33 6-letter words made with FORESTAY letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. SAFETY, FOREST and FASTER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from FORESTAY, 13 score 11 points, the group's best. AFTER, STORY and FORTY are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FORESTAY; 6 of them share the top score of 10. EASY, FAST and SAFE are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FORESTAY tie at 9 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and YES will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FORESTAY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FO · ending in AY · all 8-letter words
The meaning of FORESTAY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FORESTAY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORESTAY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 185 | 240 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORESAY, FAYEST, FAYRES, FORSAY, AREFY, FAYER, FAYRE, FESTY, FEYS, RYFE, REASTY, ROSETY and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TREYFA, TRAYF, TREYF, AFROS, FESTA, AFRO, FEST, OATY, FES, OSETRA, YAS, YER and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: OFAYS and OFAY, 2 in all.
This word takes every letter of FORESTAY plus a single extra one.