Unscramble LAYER and you have 52 words, LAYER itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: EARLY, LEARY, RAYLE and RELAY. The best shorter words score 7: 11 of them, YEAR, RELY and YALE included. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LAYER split into 5 with 5 letters, 18 with 4, 18 with 3 and 11 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of LAYER, with one letter different:
More 5-letter words: starting with LA · ending in ER · all 5-letter words
The meaning of LAYER, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. LAYER is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAYER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 52) | 41 | 52 | 40 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RAYLE, AYRE, LYRA, RYAL, YALE, ARY, YAE, ARLE, LAER, LARE and EA, 11 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: YER.
Each word below uses all the letters of LAYER and one more.