Unscramble RIVALROUS and you have 218 words, RIVALROUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 10, among them VARIOUS, SAVIOUR and LOUVARS. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RIVALROUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 23 6-letter words made with RIVALROUS letters, the top score is 9, reached by 14. VISUAL, SAILOR and RIVALS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RIVALROUS, 29 score 8 points, the group's best. VIRUS, RURAL and SOLAR are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from RIVALROUS, the top score is 7, reached by 27. ALSO, ORAL and VISA are the familiar ones.
Of the 51 3-letter words in RIVALROUS, 15 score 6 points, the group's best. AIR, OIL and SIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RIVALROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SAVIOUR and VARIOUS (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RIVALROUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVALROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 148 | 218 | 141 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: LOUVARS, LIVORS, LOUVAR, ORVALS, VIRALS, VIROUS, LIVOR, ORVAL, RIVAS, URVAS, VALIS, VOARS and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: AROS, LIAS, RAIS, ARO, LOR, RAI and OI.