Unscramble YARDANG and you have 77 words, YARDANG itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. YARDANG as a single 7-tile play makes 62 in Scrabble, 12 plus the 50 bonus, and 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from YARDANG by length: 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 11 with 5, 28 with 4, 24 with 3 and 10 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of YARDANG, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with YA · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GAYDAR (11 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts YARDANG, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YARDANG itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 77) | 60 | 77 | 54 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 17 of them: YARDANG, GANDY, DAYAN, ADRY, ARGAND, GYAN, DARGA, YAAR, YAD, ARGAN, ARY, DARG and 5 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: GAYDAR, GARDA, YAG, NAGA, DAN and DA.
With one more tile, the letters of YARDANG spell the words below.