Unscramble GALLIVATS and you have 198 words, GALLIVATS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. GALLIVAT is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from GALLIVATS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 15 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 15 with 2.
GALLIVAT is the only one of the 8-letter words in GALLIVATS; it scores 12 points.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GALLIVATS is GAVIAL, 10 points; AVAILS and AVITAL on 9 follow. VILLAS, SALIVA and SALVIA are everyday picks.
AVGAS, VAGAL and VIGAS share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words from GALLIVATS. STILL, VILLA and VITAL are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words from GALLIVATS tie at 8 points; none scores more. LIST, LAST and TAGS will look familiar.
The 3-letter words in GALLIVATS are led by VAG and VIG, 7 points each. ALL, ITS and GAS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of GALLIVATS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GA · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GAVIALS (11 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: GALLIVATS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALLIVATS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 198) | 155 | 198 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: GALLIVATS, GALLIVAT, SALIVAL, AVITAL, VISTAL, LAVAL, TAVAS, VAGS, VALIS, VITAS, AGILAS, AVAL and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: AGITAS, AGITA, SIGLA, SALAT, TALLS, AGS, GIS, LIAS, SIG, ATS and GI.
This word takes every letter of GALLIVATS plus a single extra one.