Unscramble PAY and you have 6 words, PAY itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. PAY has 2 anagrams here, PYA and YAP, scoring 8 like PAY itself. AY and YA are the best of the shorter words, at 5 points. 3 letters: 1 vowel and 2 consonants.
Looking for apy? They use the same letters as PAY, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PAY split into 3 with 3 letters and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of PAY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 3-letter words: starting with P · ending in Y · all 3-letter words
The meaning of PAY, and of the 5 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PAY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 6) | 6 | 6 | 6 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
No exceptions: all 6 answers are playable in all three.
These 12 words take every letter of PAY plus a single extra one.