Unscramble YAWS to get 15 words. YAWS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 9 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of YAWS are on the page: SWAY and WAYS, each 10 points. Of the shorter words, WAY, YAW and SWY lead with 9 points. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from YAWS split into 3 with 4 letters, 8 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Trade one tile of YAWS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 4-letter words: starting with YA · ending in WS · all 4-letter words
The meaning of YAWS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept YAWS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YAWS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 15) | 14 | 15 | 13 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: SWY. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: YAS.
These 12 words take every letter of YAWS plus a single extra one.