Hidden inside yankee is one standout: yank, a four-letter play worth 11 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 36 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
yank is the highest-scoring word from yankee, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 36 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling yankee produces exactly one five-letter word: akene. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling yankee turns up 18 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with any, aye, eye, and key. For points, the strongest plays are kay, key, kye, and yak — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is yank, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from yankee 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 yankee produce 36 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 five-letter word, 8 four-letter words, 18 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.