79 words come out when you unscramble BACLAVAS, starting with BACLAVAS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. BACLAVA is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 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 BACLAVAS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 14 with 5, 26 with 4, 25 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Trade one tile of BACLAVAS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CABALAS and CASAVA (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BACLAVAS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACLAVAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 79) | 65 | 79 | 60 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 14 of them: BACLAVAS, BACLAVA, ABACS, CABAS, ABAC, BACS, CABA, AVAL, AVAS, BAC, SCALA, CAAS and 2 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: CAVAS, CAVA, SABAL, CALS and CAL.