Hidden inside boyau is one standout: bayou, a five-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 18 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
bayou is the highest-scoring word from boyau, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 18 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling boyau produces exactly one five-letter word: bayou. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling boyau produces exactly one four-letter word: buoy. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling boyau turns up 8 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bay, boy, buy, and you. For points, the strongest plays are aby, bay, boy, buy, and yob — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in boyau. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ay, by, oy, and yo. For points, the strongest play is by — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 six-letter word can be made using all the letters in boyau plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in boyau and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is bayou, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from boyau 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 boyau produce 18 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 five-letter word, 1 four-letter word, 8 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.