Unscramble SAVAGELY to get 173 words. SAVAGELY itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
S1A1V45A1G23E1L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SAVAGELY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 12 with 2.
GYVES tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SAVAGELY at 12 points; next come LEAVY and SAVEY on 11. SLAVE and ALGAE will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from SAVAGELY is GYVE, 11 points; LEVY on 10 and AGLY on 8 follow. SAVE, EASY and GAVE are everyday picks.
VLY tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SAVAGELY at 9 points; next come GAY and GEY on 7. YES, SAY and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SAVAGELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
What SAVAGELY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SAVAGELY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAVAGELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 145 | 173 | 134 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAVEY, AVALES, GYALS, VLY, ALAYS, AVALE, AVELS, GYAL, VAGS, YALES, ALAY, AVAL and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VEGAS, YAGES, LEVAS, VEGA, YAGE, YAGS, LEVS, YAG, SEV, YAS and AGS, 11 in all.