Unscramble WAYLAYING and you have 142 words, WAYLAYING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from WAYLAYING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 30 with 5, 45 with 4, 38 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 5-letter words from WAYLAYING is YAWNY, 14 points; GAYLY and WINGY on 12 follow. AGAIN, LYING and ALIGN are everyday picks.
YAWY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WAYLAYING at 13 points; next come GYNY on 11 and AWAY on 10. GAIN, WING and LAWN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of WAYLAYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WA · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of WAYLAYING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
WAYLAYING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYLAYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 118 | 142 | 111 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YAWNY, WAYING, YAWY, ALAYING, GYNY, INYALA, WILGA, GYAL, GYAN, LAWIN, WANG, ALAY and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WAYANG, LAYIN, WALI, YAG, NAGA, NALA and GI, 7 in all.