Unscramble NYANZAS and you have 43 words, NYANZAS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is NYANZA, 18 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of NYANZAS in one turn: 69 in Scrabble (19 + 50), 55 in Words With Friends (20 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from NYANZAS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 4 with 5, 12 with 4, 17 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words in NYANZAS: NYANZA, for 18 points.
Trade one tile of NYANZAS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with NY · ending in AS · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ZANY (16 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: NYANZAS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYANZAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 43) | 31 | 43 | 27 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
12 of the 43 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NYANZAS, NYANZA, SAZ, NYAS, NYS, SNY, NY, ANAN, ANNS, ANN, ANS and NAS. 4 of the 43 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZAS, ZA, YAS and SAN.