180 words come out when you unscramble PARAVANTS, starting with PARAVANTS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. PARAVANT is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PARAVANTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 17 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 9 with 2.
PARAVANT is the only one of the 8-letter words made with PARAVANTS letters; it scores 13 points.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PARAVANTS is PAVAN, 10 points; AVANT and AVAST on 8 follow. PARTS, PANTS and APART are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from PARAVANTS, PAVS leads with 9 points, then AVAS and NAVS on 7. PART, STAR and ARTS are the familiar ones.
PAV scores highest among the 3-letter words in PARAVANTS at 8 points, ahead of AVA and NAV on 6. ART, SAT and VAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PARAVANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PAVANS (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PARAVANTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARAVANTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 129 | 180 | 117 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PARAVANTS, PARAVANT, PAVS, SATNAV, VARANS, PAV, TAVAS, VANTS, VARAN, ANTARAS, ARPAS, AVAS and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PRANAS, NAPAS, NAVS, PAANS, PRANA, NAPA, NAV, PAAN, PST, STAN, ATS and SAN, 12 in all.