159 words come out when you unscramble HOLYDAYS, starting with HOLYDAYS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. HOLYDAY is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HOLYDAYS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 2 with 6, 25 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 19 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with HOLYDAYS letters: HOLYDAY, 17 points.
Among the 5-letter words from HOLYDAYS, SHYLY leads with 14 points, then DASHY and DOYLY on 12. HOLDS, LOADS and SADLY are the familiar ones.
YODH tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLYDAYS at 11 points; next come AHOY and ASHY on 10. ALSO, DAYS and HOLD will look familiar.
Of the 51 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLYDAYS, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. HAS, HAD and DAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HOLYDAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of HOLYDAYS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. HOLYDAYS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLYDAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 133 | 159 | 114 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: YAHS, DHOLS, DHOL, DOYS, HADS, SHOLA, SOLAH, YADS, YOLD, DOY, HOAS, LOSH and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: DOSHA, ODAHS, DOHS, DOSH, ODAH, DOH, HAOS, LAHS, AHS, HOS, LAH, SHO and 7 more.