Unscramble SPAEWIVES and you have 205 words, SPAEWIVES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SPAEWIVES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 23 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with SPAEWIVES letters: SEAWIVES, for 14 points.
4 of 23 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SPAEWIVES tie at 12 points; none scores more. SWEEPS and WEAVES will look familiar.
Of the 50 5-letter words from SPAEWIVES, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. VIEWS, WAVES and SAVES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in SPAEWIVES, the top score is 10, reached by 4. VIEW, SAVE and PASS are the familiar ones.
VAW scores highest among the 3-letter words made with SPAEWIVES letters at 9 points, ahead of PAV and PAW on 8. WAS, SEE and ASS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SPAEWIVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ASSWIPE, PASSIVE, PAVISES, PAVISSE, PEAVIES, PESEWAS, SPAVIES and SWIVES (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SPAEWIVES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPAEWIVES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 169 | 205 | 161 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: SPAEWIVES, SEAWIVES, WASPIES, VESPAS, WASPIE, SPAWS, VESPA, AVISES, ESSIVE, PAVS, SPAW, WEISES and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: ASSWIPE, PAVISSE, VAPES, VAPE, SEVS, EEW, SEV and EW.