Unscramble HOLIDAY and you have 100 words, HOLIDAY itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 14 points: HYALOID and HYOIDAL. Of the shorter words, HYOID leads with 12 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. HOLIDAY as a single 7-tile play makes 64 in Scrabble, 14 plus the 50 bonus, and 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
ILAYDOH unscrambles to HOLIDAY: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for ylihoda, dayolih, holyiad, laodiyh, layhoid, loyidha, oldhiya, idhoayl, ahdyoil or ldiahyo? They use the same letters as HOLIDAY, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from HOLIDAY by length: 3 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 8 with 5, 36 with 4, 30 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words in HOLIDAY: HALOID, 10 points.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLIDAY, YODH leads with 11 points, then AHOY and HIYA on 10. HOLD, LOAD and LADY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HOLIDAY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with HO · ending in AY · all 7-letter words
HOLIDAY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOLIDAY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLIDAY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 100) | 81 | 100 | 72 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HAILY, DHOL, DIYA, HILD, YOLD, DOY, YAD, DOLIA, HOA, HOI, IDOLA, LOY and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HIYA, ODAH, DOH, AHI, LAH, LOID, ODA, DA and OI, 9 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOLIDAY and one more.