Unscramble SURVEYALS and you have 255 words, SURVEYALS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SURVEYAL leads with 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SURVEYALS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 15 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
SURVEYAL is the only one of the 8-letter words in SURVEYALS; it scores 14 points.
6 of 42 6-letter words from SURVEYALS tie at 12 points; none scores more. VALUES, SURVEY and LAYERS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SURVEYALS; 6 of them share the top score of 11. YEARS, VALUE and EARLY are everyday picks.
LEVY, VARY and VERY share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SURVEYALS. SAVE, EASY and SAYS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words from SURVEYALS is VLY, 9 points; ARY and AVE on 6 follow. ARE, YES and SAY are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SURVEYALS for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SLAVERY, SLAVEYS, SUAVELY and SURVEYS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SURVEYALS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SURVEYALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 197 | 255 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: SURVEYALS, SURVEYAL, SAVEYS, SYVERS, SAVEY, SYVER, LURVES, RAYLES, VLY, ARSEY, AVELS, AYRES and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: RAVEY, SLURVES, VERSALS, SLURVE, ERUVS, EYASS, LASSY, LEVAS, ERUV, LEVS, RYUS, SEVS and 4 more.