141 words come out when you unscramble PLAYBOYS, starting with PLAYBOYS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PLAYBOYS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 2 with 6, 14 with 5, 50 with 4, 54 with 3 and 18 with 2.
YAYS tops the 4-letter words from PLAYBOYS at 10 points; next come ABLY and ABYS on 9. ALSO, PLAY and BOYS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in PLAYBOYS, YAY leads with 9 points, then ABY and BAY on 8. SAY, PAY and BOY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PLAYBOYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PL · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
What PLAYBOYS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PLAYBOYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAYBOYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 124 | 141 | 114 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 17 of them: BOYSY, BLAYS, SLOPY, SPYAL, BLAY, LOYS, SALOP, APSO, BAOS, LOY, OYS, POAS and 5 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: APOS, OBAS, OPAS, SOBA, YAS, APO, OBA, OPA, POS and PO.