Unscramble LIPSALVE and you have 200 words, LIPSALVE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from LIPSALVE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 14 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
4 of 60 5-letter words from LIPSALVE tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIVES, VILLA and ALIVE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LIPSALVE, the top score is 9, reached by 4. SAVE, LIVE and EVIL are the familiar ones.
PAV tops the 3-letter words from LIPSALVE at 8 points; next come AVE and LAV on 6. ALL, SEA and SPA will look familiar.
Trade one tile of LIPSALVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with LI · ending in VE · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PAVISE, PELVIS and SPAVIE (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: LIPSALVE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIPSALVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 200) | 159 | 200 | 146 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIPSALVE, VESPA, ILLAPSE, PALLIES, PAVS, AVELS, AVISE, LAIPSE, PAV, PILEAS, SLIVE, SPALLE and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VAPES, VAPE, LEVAS, LEVIS, VLEIS, LEVS, LIPAS, PALIS, VLEI, LIPA, LIPE, PALI and 1 more, 13 in all.
This word takes every letter of LIPSALVE plus a single extra one.