158 words come out when you unscramble THISAWAY, starting with THISAWAY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. SWATHY is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
T1H43I1S1A1W4A1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from THISAWAY split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 33 with 5, 53 with 4, 48 with 3 and 17 with 2.
TAWHAIS is the only one of the 7-letter words made with THISAWAY letters; it scores 13 points.
4 of 33 5-letter words from THISAWAY tie at 14 points; none scores more. WAIST, WAITS and AWAIT will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble THISAWAY, WHYS leads with 13 points, then ASHY and AWAY on 10. STAY, WISH and WAYS are the familiar ones.
WHY tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble THISAWAY at 12 points; next come HAW and HAY on 9. WAS, HAS and ITS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of THISAWAY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with TH · ending in AY · all 8-letter words
THISAWAY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: THISAWAY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THISAWAY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 158) | 119 | 158 | 110 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWATHY, THAWY, TAWHAIS, TAWHAI, WHATAS, ASWAY, AWAYS, SAWAH, SHAYA, TWAYS, WHATA, WISHT and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: THISAWAY, HIYA, SHWA, WAAH, AHIS, AHI, AHS, YAS and ATS, 9 in all.