12 words come out when you unscramble OVEL, starting with OVEL itself: 7 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: LEVO, LOVE and VOLE. The best shorter words score 6: 4 of them, LEV, EVO and VOE included. It has 4 letters, 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from OVEL by length: 4 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of OVEL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with OV · ending in EL · all 4-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LEVO, LOVE and VOLE (7 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts OVEL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVEL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 12) | 9 | 12 | 9 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVEL, EVO and VOL, 3 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of OVEL spell the words below.