Unscramble LANCEGAYS to get 245 words. LANCEGAYS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. LANCEGAY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LANCEGAYS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
LANCEGAY is the only one of the 8-letter words made with LANCEGAYS letters; it scores 14 points.
Of the 33 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LANCEGAYS, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. AGENCY, GLANCE and ANGELS are the ones most people know.
CAGEY tops the 5-letter words from LANCEGAYS at 11 points; next come ACYLS and CLAYS on 10. SCALE, CLEAN and ANGEL will look familiar.
CAGY scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LANCEGAYS at 10 points, ahead of ACYL and CANY on 9. CASE, EASY and CLAY are the ones most people know.
CAY and CLY are the top 3-letter words from LANCEGAYS, 8 points each. CAN, ANY and GAY will look familiar.
Trade one tile of LANCEGAYS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LA · ending in YS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GALYACS and GLYCANS (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LANCEGAYS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANCEGAYS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 182 | 245 | 170 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: LANCEGAYS, LANCEGAY, LYNAGES, CANGLES, GANSEY, GYNAES, LYNAGE, CANGLE, CANY, GEYAN, GYALS, GYANS and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: YAGES, CLEGS, YAGE, YAGS, CLEG, YAG, CALS, GEANS, YAS, CAL, AGS and NEG.