Unscramble RIVALING and you have 133 words, RIVALING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: VIRGINAL. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RIVALING by length: 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 14 with 6, 24 with 5, 48 with 4, 30 with 3 and 10 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RIVALING are led by VIGIA, VIGIL and VIRGA, 9 points each. GRAIN, VIRAL and ALIGN are the familiar ones.
4 of 48 4-letter words made with RIVALING letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. GIRL, RING and GAIN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of RIVALING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with RI · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
What RIVALING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RIVALING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVALING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 133) | 112 | 133 | 106 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
21 of the 133 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VIRING, RIVLIN, GLAIRIN, GRAV, ARLING, RAGINI, RIGLIN, RIVA, VAG, VALI, VRIL, AGRIN and 9 more. 6 of the 133 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIGIA, NAV, VIN, LARN, GI and RAI.
These 2 words take every letter of RIVALING plus a single extra one.