Unscramble PALSTAVES to get 262 words. PALSTAVES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. PALSTAVE is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PALSTAVES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 11 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with PALSTAVES letters: PALSTAVE, for 13 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PALSTAVES, VESPAS leads with 11 points, then AVALES and SALVES on 9. PLATES, SLAVES and PASTEL are the familiar ones.
PAVES, VAPES and VESPA are the top 5-letter words from PALSTAVES, 10 points each. PLATE, SLAVE and PASTE will look familiar.
The 4-letter words in PALSTAVES are led by PAVE, PAVS and VAPE, 9 points each. SAVE, PAST and PASS are the familiar ones.
PAV tops the 3-letter words made with PALSTAVES letters at 8 points; next come AVA and AVE on 6. SET, LET and SAT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PALSTAVES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with PAVES, SAVATES, VAPES and VESTALS (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PALSTAVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALSTAVES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 211 | 262 | 195 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: PALSTAVES, PALSTAVE, VESPAS, VALETAS, VESPA, AVALES, PALASES, PASELAS, PAVS, PLAASES, VALETA, AVALE and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: VAPES, TAPLESS, VAPE, LEVAS, PALSAS, LEVS, PALSA, SEVS, SALATS, SEPS, SEV, PST and 4 more.