Unscramble SUBVERSALS and you have 284 words, SUBVERSALS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. SUBVERSAL is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SUBVERSALS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2.
SUBVERSAL is the only one of the 9-letter words in SUBVERSALS; it scores 14 points.
VERBALS tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBVERSALS at 12 points; next come AVULSES and SALVERS on 10. ASSURES and ABUSERS will look familiar.
BRAVES and VERBAL share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from SUBVERSALS. VALUES, ASSURE and SLAVES are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBVERSALS, BRAVE and VERBS tie for first at 10 points. VALUE, ABUSE and BLUES are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from SUBVERSALS, VERB leads with 9 points, then AVEL and AVER on 7. SAVE, BLUE and ABLE are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 3-letter words in SUBVERSALS tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, BAR and ASS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SUBVERSALS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VERBALS (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SUBVERSALS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBVERSALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 223 | 284 | 206 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUBVERSALS, SUBVERSAL, BRUSSELS, BASSERS, BUSERAS, LURVES, AVELS, BELARS, BRASES, BRULES, BULSES, BUSERA and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SLURVES, VERSALS, SLURVE, BASSER, ERUVS, LEVAS, RUBELS, SABLER, BEALS, ERUV, LEVS, SEVS and 5 more, 17 in all.