Unscramble ILLUVIAL and you have 27 words, ILLUVIAL itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
I1L12L12U12V45I1A1L12
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ILLUVIAL by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 5, 9 with 4, 9 with 3 and 4 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with ILLUVIAL letters: ILLUVIA, for 10 points.
Trade one tile of ILLUVIAL for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with IL · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
ILLUVIAL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ILLUVIAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUVIAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 27) | 23 | 27 | 23 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VALI, UVA, LILL and ALU, 4 in all.