208 words come out when you unscramble GRIEVINGLY, starting with GRIEVINGLY itself: 18 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. VIRGINLY is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GRIEVINGLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 17 with 7, 35 with 6, 39 with 5, 56 with 4, 42 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 6-letter words from GRIEVINGLY, GYVING leads with 14 points, then YEVING on 13 and LIVERY on 12. LIVING, GIVING and VIRGIN are the familiar ones.
VYING scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GRIEVINGLY at 12 points, ahead of NERVY and VEILY on 11. GIVEN, VINYL and LIVER are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRIEVINGLY is GYVE, 11 points; ENVY and LEVY on 10 follow. VERY, LINE and LIVE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of GRIEVINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with GR · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GYVING and LEVYING (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GRIEVINGLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIEVINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 160 | 208 | 150 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: GRIEVINGLY, VIRGINLY, REVYING, YEVING, RIEVING, VEILY, VERLIG, VIRING, RIGLING, RIVLIN, VIRGE, VLY and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: LIVERING, NIGGLY, NIGGLIER, GYNIE, VLEI, VIN, YER, IGG, NEG and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of GRIEVINGLY and one more.