87 words come out when you unscramble UNCANNILY, starting with UNCANNILY itself: 14 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, UNCANNY and CANNILY lead with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UNCANNILY split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 5 with 6, 16 with 5, 26 with 4, 23 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of UNCANNILY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UN · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What UNCANNILY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UNCANNILY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNCANNILY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 87) | 75 | 86 | 70 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 11 of them: CANY, CLY, NUNNY, AYU, CANN, INULA, NY, YU, NAIN, ALU and ANN. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: LAYIN, LINNY, UNICA, CAL, LUN and UNI. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: NANCY.