Unscramble DOVISHLY and you have 135 words, DOVISHLY itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DOVISH and HYOIDS lead with 13 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DOVISHLY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 22 with 5, 49 with 4, 42 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 4-letter words from DOVISHLY, YODH leads with 11 points, then HOLY and HOYS on 10. HOLD, SOLD and VOID are the familiar ones.
Of the 42 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DOVISHLY, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. OLD, OIL and DOS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DOVISHLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DO · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DOVISH and HYOIDS (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DOVISHLY is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOVISHLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 135) | 100 | 135 | 88 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
35 of the 135 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOVISHLY, DHOLS, DIVOS, VIOLD, VLY, DHOL, DIVO, DIVS, DOYS, HILD, SOILY, VILD and 23 more. 12 of the 135 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOHS, DOSH, SIDH, VIDS, DOH, VID, HOS, LOIDS, SHO, SOH, LOID and OI.
With one more tile, the letters of DOVISHLY spell the words below.