109 words come out when you unscramble JACKSTAYS, starting with JACKSTAYS itself: 25 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from JACKSTAYS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 24 with 5, 39 with 4, 29 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with JACKSTAYS letters: JACKSTAY, 24 points.
JACKASS is the only one of the 7-letter words in JACKSTAYS; it scores 20 points.
JACKY scores highest among the 5-letter words from JACKSTAYS at 21 points, ahead of JACKS on 18 and CASKY on 14. TASKS, STACK and STAYS are the ones most people know.
JACK tops the 4-letter words from JACKSTAYS at 17 points; next come JAKS on 15 and JASY on 14. SAYS, STAY and TASK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of JACKSTAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with JA · ending in YS · all 9-letter words
What JACKSTAYS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
JACKSTAYS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSTAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 109) | 89 | 109 | 85 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
20 of the 109 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: JACKSY, JAKS, YACKAS, JAK, JASY, YACKA, JASS, TAKY, JA, KY, AKAS, TAKS and 8 more. 4 of the 109 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ACK, TAKAS, YAS and ATS.