Unscramble LYAM and you have 16 words, LYAM itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. LYAM has 2 anagrams here, AMYL and MYAL, scoring 9 like LYAM itself. Of the shorter words, MAY, YAM and LYM lead with 8 points. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from LYAM by length: 3 with 4 letters, 6 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of LYAM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with LY · ending in AM · all 4-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AMYL (9 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts LYAM, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYAM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 16) | 12 | 16 | 12 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 4 of them: LYAM, MYAL, LYM and MAL.
These 12 words take every letter of LYAM plus a single extra one.