96 words come out when you unscramble GAVIALS, starting with GAVIALS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is GAVIAL, 10 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of GAVIALS in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GAVIALS split into 1 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 19 with 5, 33 with 4, 28 with 3 and 10 with 2.
33 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GAVIALS; 4 of them share the top score of 8. VISA, SAIL and GALS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of GAVIALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GA · ending in LS · all 7-letter words
GAVIALS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GAVIALS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAVIALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 96) | 76 | 96 | 70 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VAGS, VALIS, AGILAS, AVAL, AVAS, VAG, VALI, VIAS, AGILA, AIGAS, GILAS, SAV and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SIGLA, AGS, GIS, LIAS, SIG and GI, 6 in all.