246 words come out when you unscramble PLAYTHING, starting with PLAYTHING itself: 18 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. YPLIGHT is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PLAYTHING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 11 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 6-letter words made with PLAYTHING letters, HYPING and YPIGHT tie for first at 15 points. PAYING, TYPING and LAYING are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PLAYTHING, GLYPH leads with 14 points, then HAPLY and HIPLY on 13. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words from PLAYTHING tie at 10 points; none scores more. PLAN, PLAY and PATH will look familiar.
HYP scores highest among the 3-letter words in PLAYTHING at 11 points, ahead of GYP and HAY on 9. ANY, GAY and PAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PLAYTHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PL · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HYPING (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PLAYTHING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAYTHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 209 | 246 | 189 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: YPLIGHT, YPIGHT, NIGHLY, PATHING, GIANTLY, GILPY, HAILY, PHANG, PIGHT, PYGAL, ANIGHT, LYTING and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: PHYTIN, HIPLY, THINGY, LINHAY, GLINTY, HIYA, NYAH, AHING, THANG, HAINT, LAYIN, THALI and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of PLAYTHING and one more.