Unscramble clay

12 words come out when you unscramble CLAY, starting with CLAY itself: 9 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. CLAY has 2 anagrams here, ACYL and LACY, scoring 9 like CLAY itself. Of the shorter words, CAY and CLY lead with 8 points. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.

YLAC unscrambles to CLAY: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for cayl, acly, lyca, yalc, cyla, aylc, layc, clya or ycal? They use the same letters as CLAY, so the words on this page are their answers too.

C₃⁴L₁²A₁Y₄³

Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From clay

Words from CLAY by length: 3 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 4 with 2.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with clay

CLAY and 2 anagrams, LACY and ACYL, make up the 4-letter words in CLAY; each scores 9 points.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with clay

CAY and CLY share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with CLAY letters. LAY is the one most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with clay

The 2-letter words you get when you unscramble CLAY are led by AY and YA, 5 points each.

Neighbor Words of CLAY

Trade one tile of CLAY for another and you can spell these 6 words:

C P gives PLAY · unscramble play
Y N gives CLAN · words from clan
Y O gives COAL · words from coal
Y L gives CALL · unscramble call
Y K gives LACK · words from lack
Y W gives CLAW · unscramble claw

More 4-letter words: starting with CL · ending in AY · all 4-letter words

What the Best CLAY Words Mean

CLAY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

CLAY 9 · 10: to treat with a very fine-grained soil
ACYL 9 · 10: a univalent radical
LACY 9 · 10: resembling lacework
CAY 8 · 8: a small low island
LAY 6 · 6: to be in or get into a horizontal position
AY 5 · 4: an affirmative vote
CAL 5 · 7: a calorie
LAC 5 · 7: a resinous substance secreted by certain insects

Can You Play CLAY in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

CLAY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
CLAY itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 12)	11	12	10

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

1 of the 12 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLY. 1 of the 12 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: CAL.

Longer Words Built on CLAY

Each word below uses all the letters of CLAY and one more.