269 words come out when you unscramble CLAVECINS, starting with CLAVECINS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are VACCINES and CLAVECIN, 15 points each. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CLAVECINS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among 58 6-letter words from CLAVECINS, the top score is 11, reached by 12. CANCEL, SCENIC and ALIENS are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLAVECINS tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIVES, ALIVE and SLAVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from CLAVECINS, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. CASE, SAVE and LIVE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in CLAVECINS, VAC leads with 8 points, then AVE and LAV on 6. CAN, SEA and VAN are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of CLAVECINS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; VACCINES (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CLAVECINS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAVECINS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 220 | 269 | 206 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
49 of the 269 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLAVECINS, CLAVECIN, CLAVIES, INCAVES, CAVELS, CLAVIE, CLAVIS, INCAVE, SCLAVE, CAVEL, CECILS, CIVES and 37 more. 14 of the 269 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INCELS, LEVAS, LEVIS, VLEIS, LEVS, NAVS, VINS, VLEI, CALS, NAV, SEV, VIN and 2 more.