242 words come out when you unscramble AVALANCHES, starting with AVALANCHES itself: 18 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is AVALANCHE, 17 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from AVALANCHES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in AVALANCHES: AVALANCHE, for 17 points.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with AVALANCHES letters: VALANCES, 13 points.
CHEVAL scores highest among the 6-letter words from AVALANCHES at 14 points, ahead of HALVAS and HALVES on 12. CANVAS, CANALS and CALVES are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from AVALANCHES are led by CHAVE, CHAVS and SCHAV, 13 points each. CHASE, SLAVE and HAVEN are the familiar ones.
CHAV scores highest among the 4-letter words in AVALANCHES at 12 points, ahead of HAVE on 10 and ACHE on 9. EACH, CASE and SAVE are the ones most people know.
Among 59 3-letter words made with AVALANCHES letters, the top score is 8, reached by 5. CAN, HAS and SEA are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of AVALANCHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AV · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
What AVALANCHES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AVALANCHES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVALANCHES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 184 | 242 | 165 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHEVAL, CHAVE, CHAVS, VAHANAS, CHALANS, CHAV, VAHANA, CANEHS, CAVELS, CHALAN, SCLAVE, SEALCH and 46 more, 58 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LANCHES, LAVASH, CHANAS, CAVAS, CHANA, LANCH, CAVA, LEVAS, LAHS, LEVS, NAVS, SHEN and 7 more, 19 in all.