Unscramble GRAYLAGS and you have 108 words, GRAYLAGS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
G23R1A1Y43L12A1G23S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GRAYLAGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 24 with 5, 37 with 4, 30 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with GRAYLAGS letters: GRAYLAG, for 12 points.
Among 37 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRAYLAGS, the top score is 8, reached by 6. GRAY, RAYS and GAYS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of GRAYLAGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GR · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
What GRAYLAGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GRAYLAGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAYLAGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 93 | 108 | 84 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGGRY, GYALS, ALAYS, GYAL, RYALS, YAARS, ALAY, ARSY, LYRA, RYAL, YAAR, ARY and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAGGY, RAGGAS, YAGS, RAGGA, RAGGS, YAG, RAGG, YAS and AGS, 9 in all.