Unscramble PHILAVERY and you have 223 words, PHILAVERY itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HEAVILY, 16 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PHILAVERY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
HEAVY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILAVERY at 14 points; next come HAPLY and HARPY on 13. REPLY, EARLY and LAYER will look familiar.
HYPE scores highest among the 4-letter words from PHILAVERY at 12 points, ahead of HAVE and HERY on 10. HELP, VERY and LIVE are the ones most people know.
HYP tops the 3-letter words made with PHILAVERY letters at 11 points; next come HAY and HEY on 9. PAY, RAY and HIP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PHILAVERY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PH · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HEAVILY (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts PHILAVERY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILAVERY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 187 | 222 | 174 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: PHILAVERY, HALVER, HAYIER, HAILY, HAYLE, HIVER, VAIRY, VEILY, AYELP, HEPAR, HERY, HYLE and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: HEAPY, HIPLY, PERVY, RAVEY, HIYA, VAPER, HALIER, PERV, VAPE, LAIRY, AHI, LAH and 1 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: HARELIP.