154 words come out when you unscramble STAYSAILS, starting with STAYSAILS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is STAYSAIL, 11 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1T1A1Y43S1A1I1L12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from STAYSAILS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 15 with 6, 45 with 5, 42 with 4, 33 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with STAYSAILS letters: STAYSAIL, for 11 points.
Of the 45 5-letter words from STAYSAILS, 19 score 8 points, the group's best. LISTS, ATLAS and ALIAS are the ones most people know.
7 of 42 4-letter words made with STAYSAILS letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. LIST, LAST and SAYS will look familiar.
These 2 words have the length of STAYSAILS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
STAYSAILS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STAYSAILS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAYSAILS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 154) | 129 | 154 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
25 of the 154 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALAYS, ALAY, TAYS, SATAIS, SISTAS, TASSAS, TAY, SAIST, SATAI, SISTA, SISTS, TAALS and 13 more. 8 of the 154 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LASSY, LASSIS, SALATS, YAS, LASSI, SALAT, LIAS and ATS.