12 words come out when you unscramble YLKE, starting with YLKE itself: 11 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. YLKE has 2 anagrams here, KYLE and YELK, scoring 11 like YLKE itself. 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 YLKE split into 3 with 4 letters, 6 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of YLKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with YL · ending in KE · all 4-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by YELK (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
YLKE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YLKE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 12) | 9 | 12 | 8 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
3 of the 12 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KYLE, YLKE and KY. 1 of the 12 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: KYE.
These 12 words take every letter of YLKE plus a single extra one.