Unscramble PALSGRAVE to get 265 words. PALSGRAVE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PALSGRAVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 13 with 7, 55 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PALSGRAVE, PAVAGE leads with 12 points, then PAVERS and VAPERS on 11. SAVAGE, PEARLS and GRAVES are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 5-letter words from PALSGRAVE tie at 10 points; none scores more. PAGES, SLAVE and SAVER will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PALSGRAVE, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. PAGE, SAVE and GAVE are the ones most people know.
PAV tops the 3-letter words made with PALSGRAVE letters at 8 points; next come VAG and VEG on 7. ARE, AGE and GAS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PALSGRAVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PALAVERS (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PALSGRAVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALSGRAVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 214 | 264 | 194 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAVAGES, PAVAGE, PARAGES, PAREV, VESPA, AVALES, GRAVS, LAVRAS, PAGLES, PARAGE, PAVS, VARSAL and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VAPERS, GRAPLES, PERVS, VAPER, VAPES, AGAPES, ALVARS, GRAPLE, PERV, VAPE, VEGAS, ALVAR and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.
Each word below uses all the letters of PALSGRAVE and one more.