Unscramble YIELDINGLY to get 160 words. YIELDINGLY itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DYINGLY, 15 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from YIELDINGLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 21 with 6, 29 with 5, 46 with 4, 40 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 9 letters.
YIELDING is the only one of the 8-letter words in YIELDINGLY; it scores 13 points.
4 of 29 5-letter words from YIELDINGLY tie at 10 points; none scores more. YIELD, DYING and LYING will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with YIELDINGLY letters, GYNY leads with 11 points, then EDGY on 9 and DENY on 8. LINE, DELL and GLEN are the familiar ones.
These 3 words have the length of YIELDINGLY, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with Y · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LYINGLY (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: YIELDINGLY is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YIELDINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 122 | 160 | 117 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YIELDINGLY, DYINGLY, GYLDEN, GYNY, YEDING, YILLING, GYELD, YILLED, YINDIE, DILLING, EILDING, ELDING and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GELLY, GYNIE, DENI, NEG and GI, 5 in all.