Unscramble NOVELISH to get 224 words. NOVELISH itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NOVELISH split into 1 with 8 letters, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 7 letters.
ELVISH, HOVELS and SHOVEL are the top 6-letter words made with NOVELISH letters, 12 points each. NOVELS, OLIVES and LESION will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in NOVELISH, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. LINES, LIVES and NOVEL are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from NOVELISH, HIVE, HOVE and SHIV tie for first at 10 points. LINE, LOVE and LIVE are everyday picks.
Of the 55 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NOVELISH, 26 score 6 points, the group's best. ONE, OIL and SON are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NOVELISH for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with NO · ending in SH · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ELVISH, HOVELS and SHOVEL (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: NOVELISH 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOVELISH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 181 | 223 | 169 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
42 of the 224 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NOVELISH, HOVEN, HOVES, ELSHIN, LOVIES, SLIVEN, SOLIVE, VOLENS, LEISH, LOVIE, OVELS, SLIVE and 30 more. 12 of the 224 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LEVIS, VLEIS, LEVS, SHEN, VINS, VLEI, HOS, SEV, SHO, SOH, VIN and OI. 1 of the 224 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
This word takes every letter of NOVELISH plus a single extra one.