Unscramble CONVALESCE to get 285 words. CONVALESCE itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 17 points: COVALENCES. Of the shorter words, CONCLAVES and COVALENCE lead with 16 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CONVALESCE by length: 2 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 9 with 8, 22 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The 10-letter words in CONVALESCE are 2: CONVALESCE itself and 1 anagram, COVALENCES. Each scores 17 points.
Among the 7-letter words from CONVALESCE, CONCAVE leads with 14 points, then ALCOVES and CLEAVES on 12. ENCLOSE, CLEANSE and CONCEAL are the familiar ones.
14 of 51 6-letter words in CONVALESCE tie at 11 points; none scores more. LEAVES, CANCEL and NOVELS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with CONVALESCE letters, 10 score 10 points, the group's best. LEAVE, SEVEN and NOVEL are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CONVALESCE, CAVE, COVE and VACS tie for first at 9 points. EVEN, CASE and LOVE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words from CONVALESCE, VAC leads with 8 points, then AVE and AVO on 6. CAN, ONE and VAN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CONVALESCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CONCLAVES (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CONVALESCE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONVALESCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 221 | 284 | 205 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 285 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COENACLES, COENACLE, ENCAVES, ASCONCE, CAVELS, CLEVES, ENCAVE, SCLAVE, CAVEL, CLEVE, CASCO, ELANCES and 51 more. 16 of the 285 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VOCALESE, SECONAL, ECLOSE, ELVEN, LEVAS, LEVS, LOANEES, NAVS, CALS, LOANEE, NAV, SEV and 4 more. 1 of the 285 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of CONVALESCE spell the words below.