Unscramble LEASTWAYS and you have 238 words, LEASTWAYS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12E1A1S1T1W4A1Y43S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LEASTWAYS split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
5 of 32 6-letter words in LEASTWAYS tie at 12 points; none scores more. ALWAYS, STYLES and WASTES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from LEASTWAYS, the top score is 11, reached by 14. STYLE, WASTE and ESSAY are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LEASTWAYS, 13 score 10 points, the group's best. WEST, EASY and AWAY are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with LEASTWAYS letters, the top score is 9, reached by 6. WAS, WAY and LAW are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of LEASTWAYS for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LE · ending in YS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SEAWAYS and WAYLESS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
LEASTWAYS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEASTWAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 179 | 238 | 169 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 59 of them: AWAYES, SWAYLS, ASWAY, AWAYS, SWALY, SWAYL, SWEYS, TWAYS, WALTY, SWEY, TASSELY, TWAY and 47 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: STEWY, EYASS, LASSY, WETAS, SALATS, YAS, EW, ATS, EST and TE.
This word takes every letter of LEASTWAYS plus a single extra one.