Unscramble ONY and you have 8 words, ONY itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. ONY has 2 anagrams here, NOY and YON, scoring 6 like ONY itself. Of the shorter words, NY, OY and YO lead with 5 points. The 3 letters split into 1 vowel and 2 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ONY by length: 3 with 3 letters and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of ONY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 3-letter words: starting with O · ending in Y · all 3-letter words
Here is what the 5 strongest answers mean; YON (6 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ONY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 8) | 5 | 8 | 5 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: NOY, ONY and NY.
These 12 words take every letter of ONY plus a single extra one.