Unscramble ROUNDELAY to get 296 words. ROUNDELAY itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. UNDERLAY is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
R1O1U12N12D2E1L12A1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ROUNDELAY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ROUNDELAY, 16 score 10 points, the group's best. AROUND, NEARLY and RELOAD are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from ROUNDELAY; 27 of them share the top score of 9. EARLY, READY and ROYAL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in ROUNDELAY, 25 score 8 points, the group's best. ONLY, YEAR and DEAL are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 3-letter words made with ROUNDELAY letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. ANY, DAY and END will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ROUNDELAY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RO · ending in AY · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; UNDERLAY (12 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ROUNDELAY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROUNDELAY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 208 | 296 | 194 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
88 of the 296 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEARNLY, YEALDON, DERNLY, DONARY, RAYLED, ROYNED, UNREDY, UNROYAL, ANERLY, DENAY, DERNY, DRONY and 76 more. 14 of the 296 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RODNEY, EUROLAND, NOYAU, ONLAY, LARNED, RELAND, ANDRO, DENAR, RYU, YER, DAN, LUD and 2 more.
This word takes every letter of ROUNDELAY plus a single extra one.