Unscramble TAVS and you have 14 words, TAVS itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of TAVS are on the page: VAST and VATS, each 7 points. The best shorter words score 6: 4 of them, VAT, VAS and SAV included. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TAVS by length: 3 with 4 letters, 7 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of TAVS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with TA · ending in VS · all 4-letter words
TAVS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TAVS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAVS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 14) | 12 | 14 | 11 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAV and ST, 2 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ATS.
With one more tile, the letters of TAVS spell the words below.