Unscramble ILKADAYS and you have 157 words, ILKADAYS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. ILKADAY is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from ILKADAYS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 32 with 5, 59 with 4, 41 with 3 and 17 with 2.
ALKYD tops the 5-letter words from ILKADAYS at 13 points; next come SILKY on 12 and DIKAS on 10. DAILY, SALAD and ALIAS will look familiar.
59 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ILKADAYS; 4 of them share the top score of 11. SAID, DAYS and KIDS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ILKADAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with IL · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ALKYDS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ILKADAYS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILKADAYS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 110 | 157 | 102 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
47 of the 157 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ILKADAYS, ILKADAY, KADAIS, DIKAS, KADAI, KAIDS, LAIKAS, ADAYS, DIKA, DIYAS, KAID, KALIS and 35 more. 8 of the 157 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DAYSAIL, SIKA, KIS, KI, YAS, DAS, LIAS and DA.
With one more tile, the letters of ILKADAYS spell the words below.