Unscramble YANKEE and you have 49 words, YANKEE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. YANK and KYNE are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 6 letters: 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
Looking for keenya, eykena, eynake, kaeyne, keenay, akeney, ekeyna, naeeky, kyenae or keeany? They use the same letters as YANKEE, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from YANKEE by length: 1 with 6 letters, 1 with 5, 9 with 4, 25 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Just 1 of the 5-letter words made with YANKEE letters: AKENE, for 9 points.
Keep every letter of YANKEE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with YA · ending in EE · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; YANK (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
YANKEE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANKEE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 49) | 36 | 49 | 34 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
13 of the 49 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YANKEE, KYNE, KY, AKE, NEK, NYE, YAE, NY, EAN, EEN, ENE, EA and 1 more. 2 of the 49 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KYE and EEK.
These 2 words take every letter of YANKEE plus a single extra one.