Unscramble CLAVIES and you have 167 words, CLAVIES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. CLAVIES has 1 anagram here, VESICAL, scoring 12 like CLAVIES itself. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of CLAVIES in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CLAVIES split into 2 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among 45 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLAVIES, the top score is 10, reached by 9. SCALE, LIVES and ALIVE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words from CLAVIES tie at 9 points; none scores more. CASE, SAVE and SALE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CLAVIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with CL · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VESICAL (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CLAVIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAVIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 135 | 167 | 126 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
32 of the 167 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLAVIES, CAVELS, CLAVIE, CLAVIS, SCLAVE, CAVEL, CIVES, CIVE, AVELS, AVISE, SLIVE, VALIS and 20 more. 9 of the 167 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LEVAS, LEVIS, VLEIS, LEVS, VLEI, CALS, SEV, CAL and LIAS.
Each word below uses all the letters of CLAVIES and one more.