Unscramble YAMS and you have 16 words, YAMS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. YAMS has 1 anagram here, MAYS, scoring 9 like YAMS itself. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from YAMS by length: 2 with 4 letters, 8 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of YAMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with YA · ending in MS · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to YAMS:
The meaning of YAMS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
YAMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YAMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 16) | 14 | 16 | 13 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAM and SMA, 2 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: YAS.
With one more tile, the letters of YAMS spell the words below.