Unscramble CONVIVING and you have 50 words, CONVIVING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is VOICING, 13 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CONVIVING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 8 with 5, 11 with 4, 16 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of CONVIVING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VOICING (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CONVIVING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONVIVING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 50) | 38 | 49 | 32 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
11 of the 50 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONVIVING, VIVO, GOV, GINN, INGO, NONG, GIO, GON, ING, NON and IO. 6 of the 50 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VOG, CIG, VIN, NONI, GI and OI. 1 of the 50 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.