Unscramble GLEAVES to get 129 words. GLEAVES itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. GLEAVES has 1 anagram here, SELVAGE, scoring 11 like GLEAVES itself. Of the shorter words, GAVELS and GLEAVE lead with 10 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. GLEAVES as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from GLEAVES by length: 2 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 28 with 5, 49 with 4, 35 with 3 and 9 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GLEAVES are led by GAVEL, VEGAS and VEGES, 9 points each. LEAVE, LEASE and EAGLE are the familiar ones.
GAVE, VAGS and VEGA are the top 4-letter words from GLEAVES, 8 points each. SAVE, SALE and AGES will look familiar.
Trade one tile of GLEAVES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with GL · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SELVAGE (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GLEAVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLEAVES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 103 | 129 | 96 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: GLEAVES, GLEAVE, VEALES, AVELS, LEVES, VAGS, VEALE, VELES, AVEL, LEVE, VAES, VAG and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: VEGAS, VEGES, LEVAS, VEGA, LEVS, SEV and AGS.
These 6 words take every letter of GLEAVES plus a single extra one.