182 words come out when you unscramble YARDBIRDS, starting with YARDBIRDS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
Y43A1R1D2B34I1R1D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from YARDBIRDS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 11 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in YARDBIRDS: YARDBIRD, for 15 points.
The 5-letter words from YARDBIRDS are led by BADDY and BIDDY, 12 points each. BIRDS, DIARY and YARDS are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words from YARDBIRDS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SAID, DAYS and AIDS will look familiar.
ABY, BAY and BYS share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words in YARDBIRDS. DAY, ADD and DID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of YARDBIRDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with Y · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of YARDBIRDS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept YARDBIRDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YARDBIRDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 147 | 181 | 139 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BARDY, BIRSY, BRAIRDS, YDRAD, ADDY, BRAIRD, DIYAS, ADRY, DIYA, YADS, YARRS, ABID and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BARRY, DRYAS, RABIS, RABI, YAS, DAS, DA and RAI, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: BIRDY.