181 words come out when you unscramble LAVABOES, starting with LAVABOES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from LAVABOES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 4 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 17 with 2.
ABOVE tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LAVABOES at 10 points; next come AVALE and AVELS on 8. SOLVE, LOVES and SLAVE will look familiar.
OBVS scores highest among the 4-letter words from LAVABOES at 9 points, ahead of AVAL and AVAS on 7. LOVE, SAVE and ABLE are the ones most people know.
Among 51 3-letter words made with LAVABOES letters, the top score is 6, reached by 14. SEA, LAB and ABS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LAVABOES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
LAVABOES 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 LAVABOES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAVABOES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 146 | 180 | 134 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: AVALES, OBVS, AVALE, AVELS, LOAVE, OVELS, SLOVE, VOLAE, AVAL, AVAS, AVEL, BAELS and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: LEVAS, BEALS, LEVS, SABAL, BAES, BEAL, OBAS, SEV, SOBA, BAE, BES and OBA. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: EBOLA.