Unscramble UNYIELDED and you have 171 words, UNYIELDED itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. YIELDED, DEEDILY and INDEEDY are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UNYIELDED split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 20 with 6, 29 with 5, 59 with 4, 42 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 6-letter words in UNYIELDED, UNDYED leads with 11 points, then EYELID and NEEDLY on 10. INDEED and DENIED are the familiar ones.
DEEDY, NEDDY and NUDDY share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from UNYIELDED. ENDED, YIELD and LINED are the ones most people know.
DIDY, DYED and EDDY are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UNYIELDED, 9 points each. NEED, LINE and DIED will look familiar.
These 4 words have the length of UNYIELDED, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; INDEEDY and YIELDED (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
UNYIELDED is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNYIELDED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 130 | 171 | 123 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: UNYIELDED, DEEDILY, DYELINE, NEEDLY, NUDDY, UNEYED, DEELY, LUNYIE, LEDDEN, NYED, ULYIE, YEDE and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: INDEEDY, NEDDY, DENI, LEDE, LUD, LUN and UNI.