58 words come out when you unscramble LAYAWAYS, starting with LAYAWAYS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LAYAWAY and WAYLAYS lead with 16 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
L12A1Y43A1W4A1Y43S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from LAYAWAYS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 9 with 5, 16 with 4, 20 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of LAYAWAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LA · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
What LAYAWAYS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LAYAWAYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAYAWAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 58) | 50 | 58 | 47 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
8 of the 58 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YAWY, ASWAY, AWAYS, SWALY, SWAYL, SWY, ALAYS and ALAY. 3 of the 58 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AYAYAS, AYAYA and YAS.