Unscramble HANDILY and you have 85 words, HANDILY itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. HANDY, HYALIN and LINHAY are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of HANDILY in one turn: 64 in Scrabble (14 + 50), 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
Looking for landyhi, layhind, handyli, hydlina, ndlahiy, hilandy, hadylin, haylndi, hindaly or hylandi? They use the same letters as HANDILY, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HANDILY by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 9 with 5, 27 with 4, 29 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Keep every letter of HANDILY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with HA · ending in LY · all 7-letter words
The meaning of HANDILY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HANDILY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDILY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 85) | 73 | 85 | 65 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 12 of them: HAILY, AHIND, DIYA, HILD, HAIN, YAD, HAN, DALI, LIND, NY, NID and DI. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: LINHAY, HIYA, NYAH, LAYIN, AHI, LAH, DAN and DA.