Unscramble LYOLYSIS to get 56 words. LYOLYSIS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12Y43O1L12Y43S1I1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LYOLYSIS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 6, 13 with 5, 17 with 4, 14 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words in LYOLYSIS: LYSOLS, 9 points.
Trade one tile of LYOLYSIS for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with LY · ending in IS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SLYLY (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts LYOLYSIS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYOLYSIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 56) | 43 | 56 | 40 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
13 of the 56 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LYOLYSIS, LYSOLS, LYSOL, SOILY, LOYS, LOY, OYS, ISOS, IOS, ISO, LOS, OIS and 1 more. 3 of the 56 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LILOS, LILO and OI.