Unscramble COVALENCES and you have 285 words, COVALENCES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. COVALENCES has 1 anagram here, CONVALESCE, scoring 17 like COVALENCES itself. 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.
Words from COVALENCES 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.
COVALENCES and 1 anagram, CONVALESCE, make up the 10-letter words made with COVALENCES letters; each scores 17 points.
CONCAVE scores highest among the 7-letter words from COVALENCES at 14 points, ahead of ALCOVES and CLEAVES on 12. ENCLOSE, CLEANSE and CONCEAL are the ones most people know.
51 6-letter words in COVALENCES; 14 of them share the top score of 11. LEAVES, CANCEL and NOVELS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with COVALENCES letters, 10 score 10 points, the group's best. LEAVE, SEVEN and NOVEL are the ones most people know.
CAVE, COVE and VACS are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COVALENCES, 9 points each. EVEN, CASE and LOVE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from COVALENCES, VAC leads with 8 points, then AVE and AVO on 6. CAN, ONE and VAN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of COVALENCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CONCLAVES (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COVALENCES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVALENCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 221 | 284 | 205 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
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.
These 3 words take every letter of COVALENCES plus a single extra one.