Unscramble OUTSTAYS and you have 123 words, OUTSTAYS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are OUTSAYS, OUTSTAY and STATUSY, 10 points each. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for stayouts? They use the same letters as OUTSTAYS, 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 OUTSTAYS split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 27 with 5, 36 with 4, 31 with 3 and 15 with 2.
9 of 36 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OUTSTAYS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SAYS, AUTO and TOYS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OUTSTAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OU · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
OUTSTAYS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OUTSTAYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTSTAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 123) | 100 | 123 | 86 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
23 of the 123 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TOSSY, TOUSY, YTOST, AYUS, TAYS, ASSOTT, AYU, OYS, TATOUS, TAY, YUS, ASSOT and 11 more. 14 of the 123 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OUTSAYS, OUTSAY, OATY, YOUS, YAS, OUTTA, STOTS, TASSO, TOSAS, OUTA, STOT, TOSA and 2 more.