Unscramble YAD and you have 6 words, YAD itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. YAD has 1 anagram here, DAY, scoring 7 like YAD itself. The strongest shorter words are AY and YA, 5 points each. The 3 letters split into 1 vowel and 2 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from YAD by length: 2 with 3 letters and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of YAD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 3-letter words: starting with Y · ending in D · all 3-letter words
The 5 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DAY (7 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: YAD is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YAD itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 6) | 5 | 6 | 4 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: YAD. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: DA.
These 12 words take every letter of YAD plus a single extra one.