21 words come out when you unscramble YIRKS, starting with YIRKS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. YIRKS has 1 anagram here, RISKY, scoring 12 like YIRKS itself. The strongest shorter words are SKRY, SKYR and YIRK, 11 points each. It has 5 letters, 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from YIRKS split into 2 with 5 letters, 7 with 4, 8 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Keep every letter of YIRKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with YI · ending in KS · all 5-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SKRY (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: YIRKS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YIRKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 21) | 16 | 21 | 14 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
5 of the 21 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YIRKS, SKYR, YIRK, KY and SIK. 2 of the 21 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SKRY and KIS.
With one more tile, the letters of YIRKS spell the words below.