173 words come out when you unscramble YARDANGS, starting with YARDANGS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from YARDANGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from YARDANGS, GANDY leads with 10 points, then ADAYS and ANGRY on 9. GRAND, YARDS and SANDY are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble YARDANGS; 14 of them share the top score of 8. DAYS, GRAY and SAND are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of YARDANGS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with YA · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GAYDARS (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts YARDANGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YARDANGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 127 | 173 | 111 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YARDANGS, YARDANG, DAYANS, GANDY, ADAYS, ARGANDS, DAYAN, GYANS, SDAYN, ADRY, ARGAND, DARGAS and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GAYDARS, GAYDAR, DRYAS, YAGS, GARDA, YAG, NAGAS, RANGS, YAS, DANS, NAGA, AGS and 4 more, 16 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of YARDANGS spell the words below.