Unscramble YARDWANDS and you have 177 words, YARDWANDS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. YARDWAND is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
Y43A1R1D2W4A1N12D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from YARDWANDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from YARDWANDS, WADDY leads with 13 points, then WYNDS on 12 and ASWAY on 11. AWARD, DRAWN and YARDS are the familiar ones.
WADY and WYND are the top 4-letter words in YARDWANDS, 11 points each. DAYS, AWAY and WAYS will look familiar.
Among 48 3-letter words made with YARDWANDS letters, the top score is 9, reached by 5. WAS, ANY and DAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of YARDWANDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with Y · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
What YARDWANDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
YARDWANDS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YARDWANDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 126 | 177 | 119 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NAYWARDS, NAYWARD, SWADDY, SWARDY, ADWARDS, ADWARD, ASWAY, AWAYS, DAWDS, DAYANS, WADDS, YDRAD and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DRYAS, YAS, DANS, DAN, DAS, DA and SAN, 7 in all.