Unscramble LIPSALVES and you have 253 words, LIPSALVES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is LIPSALVE, 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from LIPSALVES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 17 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 14 with 2.
47 6-letter words from LIPSALVES; 4 of them share the top score of 11. VILLAS, ALLIES and SLAVES are everyday picks.
5 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LIPSALVES tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIVES, VILLA and ALIVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LIPSALVES, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. SAVE, LIVE and PASS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words from LIPSALVES is PAV, 8 points; AVE and LAV on 6 follow. ALL, ASS and SEA are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of LIPSALVES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PASSIVE, PAVISES, PAVISSE and SPAVIES (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LIPSALVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIPSALVES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 199 | 253 | 183 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIPSALVES, LIPSALVE, VESPAS, ILLAPSES, VESPA, VESSAIL, AVISES, ILLAPSE, LAIPSES, PALLIES, PAVS, SLIVES and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PAVISSE, VAPES, VAPE, LEVAS, LEVIS, VLEIS, LEVS, LIPAS, PALIS, SEVS, VLEI, LIASES and 4 more, 16 in all.