Unscramble POSTVIRAL and you have 282 words, POSTVIRAL itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. PIVOTAL and PAVIORS are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POSTVIRAL split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in POSTVIRAL: TOPRAILS, 10 points.
Among the 7-letter words made with POSTVIRAL letters, PAVIORS and PIVOTAL tie for first at 12 points. PORTALS, PATROLS and TAILORS are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTVIRAL, the top score is 11, reached by 6. PORTAL, POSTAL and TRAILS are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 5-letter words from POSTVIRAL tie at 10 points; none scores more. PARTS, PILOT and VITAL will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in POSTVIRAL, PAVS, SPIV and VOIP tie for first at 9 points. PART, PAST and PAIR are everyday picks.
PAV tops the 3-letter words made with POSTVIRAL letters at 8 points; next come AVO and LAV on 6. TOP, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of POSTVIRAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PAVIORS and PIVOTAL (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POSTVIRAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTVIRAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 215 | 280 | 195 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
67 of the 282 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POSTVIRAL, VORPAL, TOPRAILS, VOIPS, AIRSTOP, LIVORS, ORVALS, PAROTIS, PAVS, TOPRAIL, TRAVIS, VIRALS and 55 more. 18 of the 282 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIPAS, LIPOS, PALIS, APOS, LIPA, LIPO, OPAS, PALI, SORTAL, TOLARS, APO, OPA and 6 more. 2 of the 282 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPS and LARP.