Unscramble LOCKAWAY and you have 109 words, LOCKAWAY itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
L12O1C34K5A1W4A1Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LOCKAWAY split into 1 with 8 letters, 11 with 5, 47 with 4, 35 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
Of the 47 4-letter words made with LOCKAWAY letters, 8 score 13 points, the group's best. AWAY, WALK and LACK are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LOCKAWAY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LO · ending in AY · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WACKY (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
LOCKAWAY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKAWAY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 109) | 84 | 109 | 77 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LOCKAWAY, YAKOW, YACKA, CAWK, COWK, WOCK, KAWA, LAWK, WAKA, AWK, COWAL, KAW and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COKY, OAKY, OWLY, ACK, OK, CAL and LOC, 7 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of LOCKAWAY and one more.