Unscramble NONYLS and you have 34 words, NONYLS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of NONYLS is on the page: NYLONS, each 9 points. The best shorter words score 8: 4 of them, NYLON, SONNY and NONYL included. It has 6 letters, 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NONYLS by length: 2 with 6 letters, 4 with 5, 4 with 4, 16 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of NONYLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with NO · ending in LS · all 6-letter words
What NONYLS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NONYLS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NONYLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 34) | 23 | 34 | 23 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 11 of them: LOYS, NOYS, LOY, NOY, NYS, ONY, OYS, SNY, NY, LOS and NON.