Possible Words From delayed
Counting the words from DELAYED by length: 1 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 14 with 5, 24 with 4, 24 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with delayed
1 word · top score 12 (+50 for all 7 tiles) · everyday: DELAYED
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6 Letter Words You Can Make with delayed
4 words · top score 11 · everyday: DEADLY
DEADLY tops the 6-letter words in DELAYED at 11 points; next come ALEYED on 10 and DELEAD on 8.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with delayed
14 words · top score 10 · everyday: DELAY
DEEDY and LADDY share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words made with DELAYED letters. DELAY is the one most people know.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with delayed
24 words · top score 9 · everyday: LEAD, DEAL, DEAD
24 4-letter words from DELAYED; 4 of them share the top score of 9. LEAD, DEAL and DEAD are everyday picks.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with delayed
24 words · top score 7 · everyday: DAY, ADD, EYE
4 of 24 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DELAYED tie at 7 points; none scores more. DAY, ADD and EYE will look familiar.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with delayed
13 words · top score 5
Among the 2-letter words made with DELAYED letters, AY, YA and YE tie for first at 5 points.
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Change One Tile in DELAYED
Keep every letter of DELAYED but one, change that one, and you get:
- A I gives YIELDED · unscramble yielded
- L C gives DECAYED · words from decayed
- Y P gives PLEADED · unscramble pleaded
- D R gives LAYERED · unscramble layered
- E Z gives DAZEDLY · unscramble dazedly
- Y T gives DELATED · words from delated
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ED · all 7-letter words
Definitions for the Top DELAYED Plays
What DELAYED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
- DELAYED 12 · 12
- to put off to a later time
- DEADLY 11 · 11
- causing or capable of causing death
- LADDY 10 · 10
- laddish in behavior
- DELAY 9 · 9
- to put off to a later time
- DYAD 9 · 8
- a pair of units
- DYED 9 · 8
- to treat with a coloring matter
- EDDY 9 · 8
- to move against the main current
- LAYED 9 · 9
- to deposit as a wager
DELAYED in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DELAYED, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELAYED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 62 | 80 | 61 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALEYED, ADDY, DEELY, DEEYA, ALEYE, YEAD, YEDE, YEED, DALED, YAD, YALE, EALED and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LADDY.
Unscramble DELAYED and you have 80 words, DELAYED itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. DEADLY is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of DELAYED in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
Longer Words Built on DELAYED
This word takes every letter of DELAYED plus a single extra one.