Unscramble YARDSTICK and you have 230 words, YARDSTICK itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. DICKTY and TRICKSY are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from YARDSTICK by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 6-letter words in YARDSTICK, DICKTY leads with 16 points, then STICKY and TRICKY on 15. TRACKS, TRICKS and RACIST are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words from YARDSTICK is DICKY, 15 points; CASKY and SICKY on 14 follow. TRACK, STICK and DIRTY are everyday picks.
CAKY, ICKY and YACK are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble YARDSTICK, 13 points each. CITY, DAYS and KIDS will look familiar.
KAY, SKY and YAK share the top score of 10 among the 3-letter words made with YARDSTICK letters. DAY, CAR and SAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of YARDSTICK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with Y · ending in CK · all 9-letter words
YARDSTICK first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. YARDSTICK is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YARDSTICK itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 173 | 230 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: DICKTY, TICKY, KYDST, CYSTID, DACKS, DARCYS, DRACK, KARSY, STRACK, YARKS, YIRKS, CARDY and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: SICKY, KRAYS, KRAY, SKRY, ICKS, ACK, DRYAS, KRAIS, SAKTI, KRAI, KIS, KI and 3 more.
With one more tile, the letters of YARDSTICK spell the words below.