Unscramble SHAVEABLE and you have 210 words, SHAVEABLE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BEHALVES and SHAVABLE, 16 points each. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SHAVEABLE split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 3 with 7, 16 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SHAVEABLE, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. LEAVE, SLAVE and HEELS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHAVEABLE, HAVE leads with 10 points, then BASH and BHEL on 9. SAVE, ABLE and BASE are the familiar ones.
BAH tops the 3-letter words from SHAVEABLE at 8 points; next come AAH and AHA on 6. HAS, SEE and SEA will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SHAVEABLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BEHALVES and SHAVABLE (16 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SHAVEABLE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAVEABLE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 167 | 210 | 155 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 210 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHAVEABLE, BESLAVE, BELAHS, SHEVA, BELAH, BHELS, BLASH, HABLE, SABHA, SAHEB, AVALES, BHEL and 29 more. 14 of the 210 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HEVEAS, LAVASH, HEVEA, LEVAS, BEALS, LAHS, LEVS, AHS, BAES, BEAL, LAH, SEV and 2 more. 2 of the 210 answers are missing from Scrabble US: HEBES and HEBE.