Hidden inside cathay is one standout: yacht, a five-letter play worth 13 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 24 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble TAHYAC, AACHYT or AATCHY and you get the same 6 letters as CATHAY: so the words from CATHAY listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
yacht is the highest-scoring word from cathay, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 24 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling cathay produces exactly one five-letter word: yacht. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in cathay. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, at, ay, and ha. For points, the strongest plays are ah, ay, ha, and ya — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
1 seven-letter word can be made using all the letters in cathay plus one additional letter.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is yacht, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from cathay earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in cathay produce 24 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 five-letter word, 7 four-letter words, 9 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.