Hidden inside frilay is one standout: fairly, a six-letter play worth 12 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 51 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
FRILAY isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to FAIRLY (adverb), in a fair manner, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
fairly is the highest-scoring word from frilay, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 51 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling frilay produces exactly one six-letter word: fairly. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in frilay produces 18 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fail, fair, and liar. For points, the strongest plays are flay and fray — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling frilay turns up 17 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, far and fly. For points, the strongest plays are fay, fly, and fry — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in frilay. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ay and if. For points, the strongest plays are ay, fa, if, and ya — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
4 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in frilay plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in frilay and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is fairly, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from frilay 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 frilay produce 51 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 6 five-letter words, 18 four-letter words, 17 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.