Words Containing AIY

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing AIY?

RAIYATWARIS is worth 17 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are RAIYATWARI (16), SOKAIYA (14), RUBAIYAT (13).

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All Words Containing AIY 8 words

How often does AIY appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 8 words containing AIY. Most are 7 letters long, they average 12.5 points and the best is RAIYATWARIS (17 points).

Total words: 8
Most common length: 7 letters; 3 words
Average Scrabble score: 12.5; out of 17 max
Longest word: RAIYATWARIS; 11 letters
Most common ending: S; 37.5% of words

Most common last letters

s 37.5%
t 25%
a 12.5%

Top vowel pairs

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Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing AIY

r ₁a ₁i ₁y ₄a ₁t ₁w ₄a ₁r ₁i ₁s ₁

R 1 + A 1 + I 1 + Y 4 + A 1 + T 1 + W 4 + A 1 + R 1 + I 1 + S 1 = 17 points

Double word: 34 pts
Triple word: 51 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

raiyatwaris

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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