Unscramble KATYDIDS to get 146 words. KATYDIDS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. KATYDID is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
K5A1T1Y43D2I1D2S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from KATYDIDS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 23 with 5, 52 with 4, 47 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble KATYDIDS, KIDDY leads with 14 points, then KYDST on 13 and KYATS on 12. DAISY is the familiar one.
4 of 52 4-letter words from KATYDIDS tie at 11 points; none scores more. SAID, DAYS and KIDS will look familiar.
KAY, SKY and YAK share the top score of 10 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble KATYDIDS. ITS, DAY and ADD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of KATYDIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with KA · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of KATYDIDS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept KATYDIDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATYDIDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 104 | 146 | 95 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
42 of the 146 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KYDST, DIKAST, TAKY, TSADIK, DIKAS, KAIDS, TIDDY, ADDY, DIKA, DIYAS, KAID, KATIS and 30 more. 9 of the 146 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TSADDIK, SAKTI, SIKA, KIS, KI, YAS, DAS, ATS and DA.