Unscramble AKVAVITS and you have 110 words, AKVAVITS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. AKVAVIT is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from AKVAVITS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 21 with 5, 38 with 4, 34 with 3 and 12 with 2.
AKVAVIT is the only one of the 7-letter words made with AKVAVITS letters; it scores 17 points.
KAVA, KIVA and KVAS share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble AKVAVITS. TASK, KITS and VISA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of AKVAVITS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AK · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
AKVAVITS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AKVAVITS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKVAVITS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 110) | 73 | 110 | 65 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: VAKAS, AKITAS, KIAATS, AKITA, KATIS, KIAAT, SAKIA, SITKA, TAKIS, TIKAS, AKAS, KAIS and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: VIVATS, VIVAT, SAKTI, TAKAS, SIKA, KIS, KI and ATS.