Unscramble SEMIOVAL and you have 227 words, SEMIOVAL itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 11, among them MOVIES, AMOVES and MAVIES. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SEMIOVAL by length: 1 with 8 letters, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 7 letters.
6 of 60 5-letter words made with SEMIOVAL letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. EMAIL, MOVIE and LIVES will look familiar.
MOVE, VIMS and VOMS share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMIOVAL. MAIL, LOVE and SAVE are the ones most people know.
VIM and VOM are the top 3-letter words from SEMIOVAL, 8 points each. AIM, LIE and MAS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SEMIOVAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SE · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
SEMIOVAL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: SEMIOVAL is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMIOVAL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 172 | 227 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AMOVES, VOEMAS, AMOVE, VOEMA, LOVIES, SOLIVE, VOMS, AVELS, AVISE, LOAVE, LOVIE, MESAIL and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEMIOVAL, EMAILS, LEVAS, LEVIS, VLEIS, EMAIL, LEVS, VLEI, EMOS, SEV, EMO, MES and 4 more, 16 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SEMIOVAL spell the words below.