Unscramble RIVAL and you have 30 words, RIVAL itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 8 points: VIRAL. The best shorter words score 7: 7 of them, VIAL, VALI and RIVA included. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from RIVAL split into 2 with 5 letters, 14 with 4, 9 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of RIVAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with RI · ending in AL · all 5-letter words
The meaning of RIVAL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RIVAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 30) | 26 | 30 | 25 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 4 of them: RIVA, VALI, VRIL and RAV. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: RAI.
These 3 words take every letter of RIVAL plus a single extra one.