Unscramble INSTANTLY and you have 210 words, INSTANTLY itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
I1N12S1T1A1N12T1L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from INSTANTLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 19 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 18 with 2.
NYSTATIN is the only one of the 8-letter words made with INSTANTLY letters; it scores 11 points.
23 of 51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INSTANTLY tie at 8 points; none scores more. SAINT, NASTY and SATIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with INSTANTLY letters, 14 score 7 points, the group's best. LIST, LAST and STAY are the ones most people know.
54 3-letter words you get when you unscramble INSTANTLY; 13 of them share the top score of 6. ANY, ITS and SAY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INSTANTLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What INSTANTLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INSTANTLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSTANTLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 175 | 210 | 159 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SNAILY, STILTY, STINTY, SYNTAN, TANTY, TINTY, NYAS, TAYS, NYS, SNY, TAY, LANTS and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAYINS, SLITTY, SNITTY, LAYIN, LINNY, TIYNS, TYINS, TIYN, TYIN, STATIN, YAS, TIANS and 4 more, 16 in all.