122 words come out when you unscramble INVALIDLY, starting with INVALIDLY itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are VALIDLY, VILLAINY and LIVIDLY, 14 points each. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INVALIDLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 8 with 6, 24 with 5, 38 with 4, 30 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from INVALIDLY, VINYL leads with 11 points, then DAILY and DALLY on 9. VALID, VILLA and INLAY are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words in INVALIDLY is DAVY, 11 points; NAVY and VINY on 10 follow. LAND, LADY and DIAL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INVALIDLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
INVALIDLY 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 INVALIDLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INVALIDLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 122) | 100 | 122 | 94 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VILDLY, VILLANY, IDYLLIAN, LAIDLY, DIVNA, LALDY, VILLAN, VLY, DIVI, DIYA, VILD, DIV and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAYIN, VID, NAV, VIN, DAN and DA, 6 in all.