Unscramble VUTTY and you have 4 words, VUTTY itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. YU is the best of the shorter words, at 5 points. 5 letters: 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
V45U12T1T1Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from VUTTY by length: 1 with 5 letters, 1 with 3 and 2 with 2. None has 4 letters.
There is a single one of the 3-letter words in VUTTY: TUT, 3 points.
Keep every letter of VUTTY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with VU · ending in TY · all 5-letter words
VUTTY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VUTTY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 4) | 2 | 4 | 2 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: VUTTY and YU.