Unscramble rivalry

Unscramble RIVALRY and you have 50 words, RIVALRY itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. VAIRY is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of RIVALRY at once for 63 in Scrabble (13 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).

Looking for virarly, vairrly, iyvralr, raivrly, riayrvl, yirvral, lyiarrv, rayvril, valyrir or ylrrvia? They use the same letters as RIVALRY, so the words on this page are their answers too.

R₁I₁V₄⁵A₁L₁²R₁Y₄³

Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From rivalry

Counting the words from RIVALRY by length: 1 with 7 letters, 5 with 5, 21 with 4, 16 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 6 letters.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with rivalry

rivalry

5 Letter Words You Can Make with rivalry

VAIRY tops the 5-letter words made with RIVALRY letters at 11 points; next come LAIRY and RIVAL on 8. VIRAL will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with rivalry

The best of the 4-letter words in RIVALRY is VARY, 10 points; AIRY and ARYL on 7 follow. RAIL, LIAR and LIRA are everyday picks.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with rivalry

The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RIVALRY are led by IVY and VLY, 9 points each. AIR, RAY and LAY are the familiar ones.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with rivalry

AY and YA are the top 2-letter words from RIVALRY, 5 points each.

Neighbor Words of RIVALRY

Keep every letter of RIVALRY but one, change that one, and you get:

Y A gives ARRIVAL · unscramble arrival
V B gives LIBRARY · words from library
R L gives VIRALLY · unscramble virally
V F gives FRIARLY · unscramble friarly
R O gives OLIVARY · unscramble olivary
R C gives VICARLY · unscramble vicarly

More 7-letter words: starting with RI · ending in RY · all 7-letter words

Meanings of the Strongest RIVALRY Answers

Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VARY (10 points).

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

VARY 10 · 10: to become or make different
IVY 9 · 9: a climbing vine
LAIRY 8 · 8: unpleasantly loud
RIVAL 8 · 10: to strive to equal or surpass
RIYAL 8 · 8: a monetary unit of Saudi Arabia
VIRAL 8 · 10: pertaining to or caused by a virus
AIRY 7 · 6: having the nature of air
ARYL 7 · 7: a univalent radical

Is RIVALRY Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

RIVALRY 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*
RIVALRY itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 50)	40	50	38

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 10 of them: VAIRY, VLY, LYRA, RIVA, RYAL, VALI, VRIL, YARR, ARY and RAV. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: LAIRY and RAI.