Unscramble SUBVOCAL and you have 139 words, SUBVOCAL itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SUBVOCAL by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 20 with 5, 52 with 4, 48 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in SUBVOCAL: SUBOVAL, for 12 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBVOCAL, VOCAB leads with 12 points, then VOCAL on 10 and BLOCS on 9. CLUBS, SCUBA and LOCUS are the familiar ones.
OBVS and VACS are the top 4-letter words from SUBVOCAL, 9 points each. ALSO, CLUB and SOUL will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in SUBVOCAL, VAC leads with 8 points, then BAC and CAB on 7. SUB, BUS and LAB are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SUBVOCAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SU · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
What SUBVOCAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBVOCAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBVOCAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 108 | 139 | 96 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BASUCO, OBVS, BACS, ALCOS, BAC, BALUS, CLOUS, LOBUS, UVAS, VOLA, VOLS, ALCO and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VOCABS, VOCAB, CALOS, CALS, LOCS, OBAS, SOBA, SOCA, CAL, LOC, OBA and SOC, 12 in all.