Unscramble SPEEDWAYS and you have 232 words, SPEEDWAYS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SPEEDWAY, 17 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SPEEDWAYS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SPEEDWAYS: SPEEDWAY, 17 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SPEEDWAYS, PEDWAY and YAWPED tie for first at 15 points. PASSED, SPEEDS and SPEEDY are everyday picks.
4 of 60 5-letter words from SPEEDWAYS tie at 13 points; none scores more. SPEED, ESSAY and SWEEP will look familiar.
YAWP scores highest among the 4-letter words from SPEEDWAYS at 12 points, ahead of DEWY and WADY on 11. DAYS, EASY and SAYS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in SPEEDWAYS; 6 of them share the top score of 9. WAS, DAY and WAY are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SPEEDWAYS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in YS · all 9-letter words
SPEEDWAYS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SPEEDWAYS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPEEDWAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 183 | 232 | 168 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
49 of the 232 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPEWY, SWEYED, DEAWY, PEYSED, SPAYDS, WAYED, PAYSD, PEYSES, SPAYD, SWEYS, SYPED, PEYSE and 37 more. 15 of the 232 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PEDWAYS, PEDWAY, PAYESS, SAYEDS, SAYED, YEPS, EYASS, DEPS, DEP, EEW, YAS, EW and 3 more.