Unscramble SALLYING and you have 183 words, SALLYING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. SALLYING has 2 anagrams here, SIGNALLY and SLANGILY, scoring 12 like SALLYING itself. 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 SALLYING by length: 3 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 18 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 15 with 2.
9 of 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SALLYING tie at 9 points; none scores more. GAINS, LYING and SILLY will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SALLYING letters, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. SIGN, GAIN and SING are the ones most people know.
GAY and YAG are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SALLYING, 7 points each. ALL, ANY and SAY will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of SALLYING, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
What SALLYING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SALLYING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALLYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 183) | 157 | 183 | 144 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAYINGS, SLINGY, GYALS, GYANS, SNAILY, GYAL, GYAN, NYAS, GILAS, NYS, SNY, ALLIS and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAYINS, LAYIN, YAGS, YAG, SIGLA, SIGNA, YAS, AGS, GIS, LIAS, SIG, GI and 1 more, 13 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SALLYING spell the words below.