Unscramble PLAGIARY and you have 148 words, PLAGIARY itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PLAGIARY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 10 with 6, 30 with 5, 53 with 4, 41 with 3 and 12 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in PLAGIARY: AIRPLAY, 12 points.
Of the 30 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PLAGIARY, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. GRAIL is the one most people know.
GAPY tops the 4-letter words from PLAGIARY at 10 points; next come APAY and PALY on 9. PLAY, GIRL and PAIR will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with PLAGIARY letters, GYP leads with 9 points, then PAY and PLY on 8. GAY, AIR and RAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PLAGIARY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PL · ending in RY · all 8-letter words
PLAGIARY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PLAGIARY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAGIARY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 148) | 115 | 147 | 107 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GILPY, PYGAL, PALAY, PARLY, PYRAL, AIRGAP, APAY, PALAGI, APGAR, GRAIP, GYAL, PAGRI and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AGYRIA, LAIRY, YAG, LIPA, PALI, GI and RAI, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.
With one more tile, the letters of PLAGIARY spell the words below.