175 words come out when you unscramble STALKILY, starting with STALKILY itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 13, among them ALKYLS, SKILLY and SKYLIT. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1T1A1L12K5I1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STALKILY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 10 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 17 with 2.
SALTILY is the only one of the 7-letter words made with STALKILY letters; it scores 10 points.
5 of 41 5-letter words from STALKILY tie at 12 points; none scores more. STILL, SKILL and TALKS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STALKILY, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. LIST, LAST and TALK are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STALKILY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ST · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
The meaning of STALKILY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STALKILY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STALKILY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 141 | 175 | 133 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: SKILLY, TAKY, KILLAS, KALIS, KATIS, KY, LAIKS, SALTLY, SITKA, SKAIL, TAKIS, TIKAS and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: SAKTI, SIKA, KIS, KI, YAS, TALLS, LIAS and ATS.