143 words come out when you unscramble RIVELLING, starting with RIVELLING itself: 13 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. RELIVING, LIVERING and REVILING are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RIVELLING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 26 with 6, 27 with 5, 40 with 4, 31 with 3 and 8 with 2.
5 of 26 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RIVELLING tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIVING, VIRGIN and GRILLE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RIVELLING, GIVE leads with 8 points, then EVIL and LIVE on 7. LINE, GIRL and RING are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of RIVELLING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with RI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LIVERING, RELIVING and REVILING (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: RIVELLING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVELLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 109 | 143 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
34 of the 143 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIVELLING, RIEVING, VERLIG, VIRING, RIVLIN, VIRGE, LEIRING, RIVEL, VINER, GIRNEL, GIRNIE, LEGLIN and 22 more. 5 of the 143 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIVERING, VLEI, VIN, NEG and GI.
These 4 words take every letter of RIVELLING plus a single extra one.