Unscramble SOUVLAKIA and you have 189 words, SOUVLAKIA itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SOUVLAKI leads with 15 points. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SOUVLAKIA split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 11 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 7 letters.
SOUVLAKI is the only one of the 8-letter words made with SOUVLAKIA letters; it scores 15 points.
Of the 42 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SOUVLAKIA, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. ALIAS, AVAIL and SILVA are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from SOUVLAKIA; 4 of them share the top score of 11. VISA, SILK and OVAL are everyday picks.
Among 55 3-letter words made with SOUVLAKIA letters, the top score is 7, reached by 18. ASK, OIL and SKI are the familiar ones.
This word has the length of SOUVLAKIA, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SO · ending in IA · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SOUVLAKI (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SOUVLAKIA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUVLAKIA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 126 | 189 | 114 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
63 of the 189 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KAVALS, KAVAL, VAKAS, LAIKAS, SKOLIA, ALKOS, KALIS, KUIAS, KULAS, LAIKA, LAIKS, LAKSA and 51 more. 12 of the 189 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VOLKS, VOLK, KOIS, OIKS, SIKA, SKOL, KIS, OIK, SUK, KI, OK and OI.
This word takes every letter of SOUVLAKIA plus a single extra one.