181 words come out when you unscramble AVERAGES, starting with AVERAGES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 11, among them AVERAGE, GREAVES and RAVAGES. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from AVERAGES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 10 with 2.
8 of 47 5-letter words from AVERAGES tie at 9 points; none scores more. AREAS, AGREE and SERVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble AVERAGES, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. AREA, SAVE and EVER are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of AVERAGES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with AV · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
AVERAGES 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 AVERAGES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVERAGES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 144 | 181 | 137 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 181 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GREVES, ARVEES, GRAVS, GREVE, ARVEE, EREVS, GRAV, VAGS, VARES, AVAS, EREV, GEARES and 25 more. 7 of the 181 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VEGAS, VEGES, VEGA, SEV, AREG, EASER and AGS.
Each word below uses all the letters of AVERAGES and one more.