Unscramble GRANNYISH and you have 227 words, GRANNYISH itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GRAYISH and HAYINGS lead with 14 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GRANNYISH split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 26 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 6-letter words in GRANNYISH are led by HANGRY, HAYING and SHYING, 13 points each. SAYING, GRANNY and GRAINS are the familiar ones.
HYING tops the 5-letter words from GRANNYISH at 12 points; next come HAIRY and HINNY on 11. RINGS, GRAIN and GAINS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRANNYISH, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. HAIR, GAIN and GRAY are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 3-letter words from GRANNYISH tie at 9 points; none scores more. HAS, ANY and GAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GRANNYISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GR · ending in SH · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GRAYISH and HAYINGS (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GRANNYISH is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANNYISH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 171 | 227 | 153 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: GRANNYISH, RASHING, SIGNARY, SYRAH, HANGIS, RAHING, SYNING, YAHS, ANIGH, GRISY, GYANS, HANGI and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: HANGRY, HIYA, NYAH, AHING, ARGH, YAGS, AHIS, YAG, AHI, AHS, RANGS, SIGNA and 6 more.