Unscramble NONNY and you have 10 words, NONNY itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, YON, NOY and ONY lead with 6 points. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
N12O1N12N12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NONNY split into 1 with 5 letters, 4 with 3 and 5 with 2. None has 4 letters.
Trade one tile of NONNY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with NO · ending in NY · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 5 strongest answers mean; YON (6 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NONNY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NONNY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 10) | 5 | 10 | 5 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
5 of the 10 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NONNY, NOY, ONY, NY and NON.