Hidden inside malay sit amyl and maya, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 19 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble YAMLA and you get the same 5 letters as MALAY: so the words from MALAY below are the words from YAMLA too.
amyl and maya tie for the highest Scrabble score from malay at 9 points. The top 10 of 19 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in malay produces 4 valid four-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these four-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are amyl and maya, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are amyl and maya, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from malay 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 malay produce 19 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 four-letter words, 7 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.