Unscramble NOYS and you have 20 words, NOYS itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 7 points: NOSY. 8 shorter words score 6, among them SOY, NYS and YON. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NOYS by length: 2 with 4 letters, 11 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Keep every letter of NOYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with NO · ending in YS · all 4-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; NOSY (7 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts NOYS, but the Words With Friends list does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOYS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 20) | 13 | 20 | 13 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 7 of them: NOYS, NOY, NYS, ONY, OYS, SNY and NY.
Each word below uses all the letters of NOYS and one more.