167 words come out when you unscramble CORIVALRY, starting with CORIVALRY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is VICARLY, 15 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34O1R1I1V45A1L12R1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CORIVALRY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 8 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in CORIVALRY: CORRIVAL, for 13 points.
CARVY tops the 5-letter words from CORIVALRY at 13 points; next come IVORY and OVARY on 11. ROYAL, CARRY and CAROL will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in CORIVALRY, CAVY leads with 12 points, then VARY on 10 and ACYL on 9. ORAL, RAIL and CLAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CORIVALRY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VICARLY (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CORIVALRY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORIVALRY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 129 | 167 | 116 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: CORIVALRY, VICARY, CARVY, VOLARY, VAIRY, VRAIC, YARCO, CRAY, RACLOIR, RICY, VLY, CLY and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: COVARY, CORIVAL, LYCRA, ORACY, LAIRY, ACRO, CRIA, CAL, LOC, ARO, LOR, RAI and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of CORIVALRY plus a single extra one.