Unscramble SWORDPLAY and you have 230 words, SWORDPLAY itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of SWORDPLAY is on the page: WORDPLAYS, each 18 points. The strongest shorter word is WORDPLAY, 17 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SWORDPLAY split into 2 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
WORDPLAY is the only one of the 8-letter words in SWORDPLAY; it scores 17 points.
Among the 6-letter words from SWORDPLAY, PSYWAR leads with 14 points, then AYWORD and DRAWLY on 13. WORLDS, ROYALS and PARODY are the familiar ones.
WASPY and YAWPS share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from SWORDPLAY. PLAYS, SPRAY and SWORD are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in SWORDPLAY is YAWP, 12 points; WADY on 11 and AWRY on 10 follow. DAYS, PLAY and WAYS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with SWORDPLAY letters, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. WAS, DAY and WAY are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SWORDPLAY for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SW · ending in AY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WORDPLAYS (18 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SWORDPLAY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWORDPLAY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 182 | 230 | 175 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: AYWORDS, AYWORD, SWARDY, DOWLY, DOWPS, LOWRY, PAYSD, SPAYD, SWALY, SWAYL, DOWARS, DOWLAS and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: OWLY, PYROS, DRYAS, PYRO, YAS, APO, OPA, PO and DA. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: WOPS and WOP.
Each word below uses all the letters of SWORDPLAY and one more.