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YANKIES shares its exact letters with KYANISE, so both pages return the same word list. We treat KYANISE as the primary page for this letter set.

Unscramble YANKIES

We found 174 words that can be made from the letters in YANKIES — the longest are 7 letters.

Dictionary last updated · Compiled by The DoUnscrambler Editorial Team · How we generate these lists

YANKIES— Letter Tiles & Points
14
Scrabble
14
WWF

Direct Anagrams of YANKIES (1)

These are words made by rearranging all the letters of YANKIES:

Words Made from YANKIES (174 total)

7-Letter Words (2)

28 pts

6-Letter Words (4)

49 pts

5-Letter Words (24)

219 pts

4-Letter Words (66)

491 pts

3-Letter Words (56)

311 pts

2-Letter Words (19)

65 pts

1-Letter Words (3)

6 pts
Plain text list — all 174 words from YANKIES

KYANISE, YANKIES, SNAKEY, SNEAKY, YANKIE, ENSKY, SINKY, SKIEY, SNAKY, YANKS, YIKES, ESKY, INKY, KAYS, KEYS, KYES, KYNE, SYKE, YAKS, YANK, YESK, YIKE, KINASE, KAY, KEY, KYE, SKY, YAK, IKANS, KAIES, KAINS, KANES, KINAS, KINES, KISAN, NAIKS, SKEAN, SKEIN, SNAKE, SNEAK, KY, AYINS, SAYNE, YEANS, AKES, AKIN, EIKS, IKAN, INKS, KAES, KAIE, KAIN, KAIS, KANE, KANS, KEAS, KENS, KINA, KINE, KINS, NAIK, NEKS, SAKE, SAKI, SANK, SEIK, SIKA, SIKE, SINK, SKEN, SKIN, AYES, AYIN, EASY, EYAS, NAYS, NYAS, NYES, SNYE, SYEN, SYNE, YEAN, YEAS, YENS, YINS, AKE, ASK, EIK, INK, KAE, KAI, KAS, KEA, KEN, KIN, KIS, NEK, SIK, SKA, SKI, ANY, AYE, AYS, NAY, NYE, NYS, SAY, SEY, SNY, SYE, SYN, YAE, YEA, YEN, YES, YIN, KA, KI, ANISE, ISNAE, SAINE, AY, NY, YA, YE, AINE, AINS, ANES, ANIS, EANS, EINA, ISNA, NIES, SAIN, SANE, SEAN, SENA, SIEN, SINE, Y, AIN, AIS, ANE, ANI, ANS, EAN, EAS, ENS, INS, NAE, NAS, NIE, NIS, SAE, SAI, SAN, SEA, SEI, SEN, SIN, AE, AI, AN, AS, EA, EN, ES, IN, IS, NA, NE, SI, A, I

What makes YANKIES interesting

  • Letter make-up: 3 vowels (A, I, E) and 4 consonants (Y, N, K, S) — a vowel ratio of 43%.
  • Rare letters: Y, K — uncommon in English, which is why the derived list is shorter than a rack of the same length made of common letters.
  • Highest-value tile: K at 5 Scrabble points (5 in Words With Friends). Build around it when a premium square is available.
  • Score ranking: at 14 points, YANKIES scores higher than 75% of all 7-letter words in our dictionary.
  • Dictionary status: valid in TWL. See what each dictionary covers →
  • Alphabetical signature: aeiknsy — every word sharing this signature is an anagram of YANKIES.

Words hidden inside YANKIES

These valid words appear as an unbroken run of letters inside YANKIES: YANKIE, YANK.

Best plays from YANKIES

The longest words you can build from this rack are KYANISE (14 pts), KINASE (10 pts), SNAKEY (13 pts), SNEAKY (13 pts), YANKIE (13 pts), ANISE (5 pts).

About Unscrambling YANKIES

The letters YANKIES (y, a, n, k, i, e, s) can be rearranged into 174 different words, the longest of which are 7-letter words. Every one of those words is listed in full above — nothing is hidden behind a click or a script.

Definition: an unscramble is the act of rearranging a jumbled set of letters back into valid dictionary words. Unlike a simple anagram (which must use every letter exactly once), unscrambling also finds every shorter sub-word that can be built from a subset of those letters.

YANKIES is a valid word in the TWL dictionary, worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends before board multipliers.

Letter Values in YANKIES

  • Y = 4 Scrabble points · 3 WWF points (worth less in WWF)
  • A = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • N = 1 Scrabble point · 2 WWF points (worth more in WWF)
  • K = 5 Scrabble points · 5 WWF points
  • I = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • E = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • S = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point

How We Calculated These Words

Every candidate above was looked up by its alphabetical signature— the letters of the word sorted into A–Z order. Two words share a signature if and only if they contain the same letters, which is what makes anagram and sub-anagram lookups instant instead of O(n!). We then subtract each candidate's per-letter counts from your input's counts, drawing on the wildcard pool for any deficit, so only words you actually have the tiles to spell are returned. Read the full methodology →

Frequently asked about YANKIES

How many words can you make from YANKIES?

174 valid dictionary words can be made from the letters in YANKIES, ranging from 2 letters up to 7 letters. Every one of them is listed on this page.

Is YANKIES a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. YANKIES appears in TWL dictionary and is worth 14 points in Scrabble before any board multipliers.

What is an anagram of YANKIES?

YANKIES has 1 direct anagram: KYANISE. A direct anagram uses every letter of YANKIES exactly once.

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