Unscramble CLAVATELY and you have 147 words, CLAVATELY itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CAVALLY leads with 15 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CLAVATELY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 9 with 6, 26 with 5, 47 with 4, 45 with 3 and 13 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with CLAVATELY letters: ALLEYCAT, 13 points.
VACAY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLAVATELY at 13 points; next come LEAVY and VEALY on 11. ALLEY, VALET and TALLY will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in CLAVATELY, CAVY leads with 12 points, then LEVY on 10 and ACYL on 9. CALL, CELL and TELL are the familiar ones.
VLY tops the 3-letter words made with CLAVATELY letters at 9 points; next come CAY and CLY on 8. ALL, LET and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CLAVATELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
CLAVATELY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CLAVATELY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAVATELY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 147) | 118 | 147 | 110 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: ALLEYCAT, CAVEL, CETYL, CYTE, VALETA, VLY, AVALE, CLY, LAVAL, ALAY, AVAL, AVEL and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: CLAVATELY, VACAY, CELLY, TALCY, CAVA, CAL, TEC and TE.