4 words come out when you unscramble NYS, starting with NYS itself: 6 in Scrabble, 6 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of NYS are on the page: SNY and SYN, each 6 points. NY is the best of the shorter words, at 5 points. 3 letters, all of them consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NYS by length: 3 with 3 letters and 1 with 2.
NY is the only one of the 2-letter words in NYS; it scores 5 points.
Keep every letter of NYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 3-letter words: starting with N · ending in YS · all 3-letter words
NYS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 4) | 1 | 4 | 1 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: NYS, SNY and NY.
Each word below uses all the letters of NYS and one more.