Unscramble DEVOLUTION and you have 299 words, DEVOLUTION itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is INVOLUTED, 13 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1V45O1L12U12T1I1O1N12
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DEVOLUTION split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 20 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
4 of 20 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVOLUTION tie at 11 points; none scores more. OUTLINE and VIOLENT will look familiar.
60 6-letter words from DEVOLUTION; 8 of them share the top score of 10. UNITED, LOTION and VIOLET are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from DEVOLUTION, the top score is 9, reached by 19. VIDEO, NOTED and NOVEL are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 4-letter words in DEVOLUTION tie at 8 points; none scores more. LOVE, LIVE and DONE will look familiar.
DEV, DIV and VID share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words made with DEVOLUTION letters. END, OLD and LET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEVOLUTION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ON · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with INVOLUTED (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEVOLUTION is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVOLUTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 232 | 298 | 208 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VOLUTOID, LIVEDO, VINTED, DEVOT, DOVIE, OLIVET, UNLOVE, UNTOOLED, VENTIL, VILDE, VIOLD, DEVO and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VOLTED, VOUDON, VULNED, VODOU, DEVI, LINTED, OUTLED, TOODLE, VID, VLEI, VULN, IDENT and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
This word takes every letter of DEVOLUTION plus a single extra one.