226 words come out when you unscramble TAILWINDS, starting with TAILWINDS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
T1A1I1L12W4I1N12D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TAILWINDS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 20 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
10 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TAILWINDS tie at 9 points; none scores more. STAND, WANTS and LANDS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words made with TAILWINDS letters; 13 of them share the top score of 8. WANT, LAND and LAWS are everyday picks.
DAW and WAD are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble TAILWINDS, 7 points each. WAS, ITS and LAW will look familiar.
Keep every letter of TAILWINDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TA · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
TAILWINDS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TAILWINDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAILWINDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 173 | 226 | 163 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WINDAS, AWDLS, INWITS, LAWINS, WADTS, WALDS, AWDL, INWIT, LAWIN, SWAD, TINDALS, TWALS and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WINDSAIL, WITANS, WALIS, WALI, DANS, DAN, DAS, ATS, DA and SAN, 10 in all.