Unscramble SNAILY and you have 74 words, SNAILY itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. SNAILY has 2 anagrams here, INLAYS and LAYINS, scoring 9 like SNAILY itself. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 8 points, INLAY, AYINS and LAYIN among them. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SNAILY by length: 3 with 6 letters, 8 with 5, 22 with 4, 28 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Keep every letter of SNAILY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with SN · ending in LY · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; INLAYS and LAYINS (9 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SNAILY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNAILY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 74) | 64 | 74 | 59 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 10 of them: SNAILY, NYAS, NYS, SNY, NY, ISNA, ANS, NAS, NIS and SAI. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: LAYINS, LAYIN, YAS, LIAS and SAN.
Each word below uses all the letters of SNAILY and one more.