Unscramble DEVOLVES and you have 131 words, DEVOLVES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1V45O1L12V45E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DEVOLVES split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 7 with 6, 26 with 5, 48 with 4, 34 with 3 and 11 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVOLVES is VOLVE, 11 points; DEEVS and DELVE on 9 follow. LOVED, SOLVE and LOVES are everyday picks.
Among 48 4-letter words from DEVOLVES, the top score is 8, reached by 5. DOES, LOVE and SOLD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEVOLVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of DEVOLVES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DEVOLVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVOLVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 131) | 94 | 131 | 88 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEVVELS, DEVVEL, VOLVED, VOLVES, VOLVE, DEEVS, DEVOS, DEEV, DEVO, LEVES, OVELS, SLOVE and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LEVS, LEDES, SEV, LEDE, OLDE and EDS, 6 in all.