226 words come out when you unscramble OLDWIVES, starting with OLDWIVES itself: 15 in Scrabble, 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.
Words from OLDWIVES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in OLDWIVES: LIVEDOS, for 11 points.
Among the 6-letter words made with OLDWIVES letters, SWIVED and WOLVED tie for first at 13 points. VIDEOS, SOLVED and DEVILS are everyday picks.
VOWED and WIVED share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words from OLDWIVES. VIDEO, VIEWS and LIVES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OLDWIVES; 4 of them share the top score of 10. VIEW, LOVE and LIVE are everyday picks.
VOW tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OLDWIVES at 9 points; next come DEV and DEW on 7. OLD, LOW and OIL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OLDWIVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OL · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What OLDWIVES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OLDWIVES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLDWIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 171 | 226 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WOLVED, LIVEDOS, WOLVE, DOWLES, DWILES, LIVEDO, LOWSED, SLIVED, SOWLED, DEVOS, DIVOS, DOVIE and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEVIS, DEVI, LEVIS, OWIES, SWILE, SWOLE, VIDS, LEVS, OWIE, VID, VLEI, SEV and 3 more, 15 in all.
This word takes every letter of OLDWIVES plus a single extra one.