Unscramble SELVAGES and you have 172 words, SELVAGES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GLEAVES and SELVAGE lead with 11 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SELVAGES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 9 with 2.
GAVEL, VEGAS and VEGES share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SELVAGES. SALES, LEAVE and GLASS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from SELVAGES, GAVE, VAGS and VEGA tie for first at 8 points. SAVE, SALE and LESS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SELVAGES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
SELVAGES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SELVAGES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELVAGES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 138 | 172 | 129 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GLEAVES, GLEAVE, VEALES, ALGESES, AVELS, LEVES, VAGS, VEALE, VELES, AVEL, LEVE, SAVS and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VEGAS, VEGES, LEVAS, VEGA, LEVS, SEVS, SEV, AGS and ESSE, 9 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SELVAGES spell the words below.