Unscramble only

Unscramble ONLY to get 11 words. ONLY itself is a real word: 7 points on a Scrabble board, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 4 letters, 1 vowel and 3 consonants.

Looking for lony, yonl, lyno, yoln, lnoy, nyol, nylo, ynol, noyl or nlyo? They use the same letters as ONLY, 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.

Possible Words From only

By length, the words from ONLY split into 1 with 4 letters, 4 with 3 and 6 with 2.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with only

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3 Letter Words You Can Make with only

The 3-letter words made with ONLY letters come to 4, each scoring 6 points.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with only

NY, OY and YO are the top 2-letter words in ONLY, 5 points each. ON and NO will look familiar.

Neighbor Words of ONLY

These 6 words have the length of ONLY, with one letter different:

Y A gives LOAN · words from loan
L X gives ONYX · unscramble onyx
N H gives HOLY · unscramble holy
N D gives OLDY · words from oldy
Y G gives LONG · words from long
Y O gives LOON · words from loon

More 4-letter words: starting with ON · ending in LY · all 4-letter words

Add two letters to ONLY:

ONLY + E + P · words from openly

Meanings of the Strongest ONLY Answers

The meaning of ONLY, and of the 6 strongest answers in its letters.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

ONLY 7 · 8: with nothing or no one else
YON 6 · 6: over there
OY 5 · 4: used to express dismay or pain
YO 5 · 4: used to call attention or to express affirmation
LO 2 · 3: used to attract attention or to express surprise
NO 2 · 3: a negative reply
ON 2 · 3: the side of the wicket where a batsman stands in cricket

Can You Play ONLY in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

ONLY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
ONLY itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 11)	7	11	7

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 4 of them: LOY, NOY, ONY and NY.

One Extra Tile and ONLY Grows

These 10 words take every letter of ONLY plus a single extra one.

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