Unscramble SAILORLY and you have 164 words, SAILORLY itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 7 shorter words score 9, among them ALLOYS, ROYALS and ORALLY. 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 SAILORLY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Of the 35 5-letter words made with SAILORLY letters, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. ROYAL, SOLAR and ROLLS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from SAILORLY; 20 of them share the top score of 7. ALSO, ORAL and ROLL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SAILORLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
SAILORLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SAILORLY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAILORLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 138 | 164 | 127 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RAILLY, LYSOL, RYALS, SOILY, ARSY, LOYS, LYRA, OARY, RYAL, ARY, LOY, OYS and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAIRY, YAS, LILOS, AROS, LIAS, LILO, RAIS, ARO, LOR, RAI and OI, 11 in all.