Unscramble GALVANICAL and you have 147 words, GALVANICAL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GALVANICAL by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 14 with 6, 34 with 5, 42 with 4, 34 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 9 letters.
CALVING scores highest among the 7-letter words made with GALVANICAL letters at 13 points, ahead of CAVALLA on 12 and AVALING on 11. CALLING, VANILLA and VAGINAL are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from GALVANICAL are led by CAVIL, CLAVI and VINCA, 10 points each. AGAIN, VILLA and CANAL are the familiar ones.
CAVA scores highest among the 4-letter words from GALVANICAL at 9 points, ahead of VAGI and VANG on 8. CALL, GAIN and NAIL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GALVANICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with GA · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GALVANIC (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GALVANICAL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALVANICAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 147) | 123 | 147 | 113 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GALVANICAL, AVALING, CAAING, VILLAN, LAVAL, AVAL, CANG, LALANG, VAG, VALI, AGILA, AINGA and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GALLICA, CAVA, ACAI, CIG, NAV, VIN, CAL, NAGA, NALA and GI, 10 in all.