Unscramble WAYPOSTS and you have 184 words, WAYPOSTS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. WAYPOST is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from WAYPOSTS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 2 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with WAYPOSTS letters: WAYPOST, for 15 points.
WASPY and YAWPS share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WAYPOSTS. POSTS, SPOTS and STOPS are the ones most people know.
YAWP tops the 4-letter words from WAYPOSTS at 12 points; next come SWAY and TOWY on 10. POST, PAST and SAYS will look familiar.
57 3-letter words made with WAYPOSTS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 9. WAS, TOP and TWO are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of WAYPOSTS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with WA · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WASPY and YAWPS (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts WAYPOSTS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYPOSTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 150 | 184 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: WAYPOSTS, WAYPOST, TOWSY, TWAYS, PYATS, PYOTS, SOWPS, SPAWS, SWAPT, SWOPT, TWAY, PYAT and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: OATY, OWTS, APOS, OPAS, OWT, YAS, APO, OPA, POS, PST, TASSO, TOSAS and 2 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: WOPS and WOP.