Unscramble DEVOLVING and you have 217 words, DEVOLVING itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. INVOLVED and EVOLVING are the best of the shorter words, at 15 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 DEVOLVING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 19 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
VOLVED scores highest among the 6-letter words from DEVOLVING at 13 points, ahead of DOVING and GLOVED on 11. GOLDEN, LOVING and LEGION are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVOLVING, VOLVE leads with 11 points, then GIVED on 10 and DEVIL on 9. VIDEO, GIVEN and DOING are the familiar ones.
VIVE and VIVO are the top 4-letter words in DEVOLVING, 10 points each. LOVE, LIVE and GIVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with DEVOLVING letters, 7 score 7 points, the group's best. END, OLD and GOD are the ones most people know.
These 2 words have the length of DEVOLVING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
DEVOLVING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEVOLVING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVOLVING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 167 | 216 | 154 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
49 of the 217 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VOLVING, VOLVED, DEVLING, DOVING, VOLVE, GIVED, LIVEDO, VIVO, DOVIE, VILDE, VIOLD, DEVO and 37 more. 13 of the 217 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEVI, DONGLE, VLOG, VID, VLEI, VOG, LOGIN, VIN, DENI, DINO, NEG, GI and 1 more. 1 of the 217 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.