20 words come out when you unscramble KIEVS, starting with KIEVS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of KIEVS is on the page: SKIVE, each 12 points. Of the shorter words, KIEV leads with 11 points. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from KIEVS split into 2 with 5 letters, 6 with 4, 8 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of KIEVS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with KI · ending in VS · all 5-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SKIVE (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
KIEVS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIEVS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 20) | 14 | 20 | 11 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KIEVS, KIEV, EIKS, SEIK, EIK and SIK, 6 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KIS, KI and SEV, 3 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of KIEVS spell the words below.