Unscramble YAWNINGLY and you have 128 words, YAWNINGLY itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from YAWNINGLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 26 with 5, 40 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
YAWNY scores highest among the 5-letter words from YAWNINGLY at 14 points, ahead of GAYLY and GYNNY on 12. LYING, ALIGN and INLAY are the ones most people know.
YAWY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble YAWNINGLY at 13 points; next come GYNY on 11 and AWNY on 10. GAIN, WING and LAWN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of YAWNINGLY for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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What YAWNINGLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept YAWNINGLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YAWNINGLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 103 | 128 | 96 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YAWNY, WAYING, YAWY, GYNNY, GYNY, NYING, WILGA, GYAL, GYAN, LAWIN, WANG, WINNA and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAWNING, LAYIN, LINNY, LIGNAN, WALI, YAG and GI, 7 in all.