Unscramble BIVIOUS to get 36 words. BIVIOUS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 7 letters: 4 vowels and 3 consonants. BIVIOUS as a single 7-tile play makes 62 in Scrabble, 12 plus the 50 bonus, and 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BIVIOUS split into 1 with 7 letters, 6 with 4, 18 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 6 or 5 letters.
Keep every letter of BIVIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BI · ending in US · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BIOS, IBIS, OBIS and VIS (6 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts BIVIOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIVIOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 36) | 21 | 36 | 20 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 15 of them: BIVIOUS, OBVS, VIBS, BOIS, SOV, BOI, OBS, OB, IOS, ISO, OIS, OUS and 3 more. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: OI.