Unscramble NYANZA and you have 19 words, NYANZA itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
Looking for zaanny? They use the same letters as NYANZA, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NYANZA split into 1 with 6 letters, 6 with 4, 5 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 5 letters.
Trade one tile of NYANZA for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 6-letter words: starting with NY · ending in ZA · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ZANY (16 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts NYANZA, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYANZA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 19) | 15 | 19 | 14 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
4 of the 19 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NYANZA, NY, ANAN and ANN. 1 of the 19 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: ZA.
This word takes every letter of NYANZA plus a single extra one.