Unscramble TIPSTAVES and you have 256 words, TIPSTAVES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from TIPSTAVES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 15 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
PAVISE, SPAVIE and VESPAS are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TIPSTAVES, 11 points each. STATES, TASTES and VISTAS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from TIPSTAVES, the top score is 10, reached by 5. STEPS, VISTA and TAPES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with TIPSTAVES letters, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. SAVE, PAST and STEP are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble TIPSTAVES is PAV, 8 points; AVE and SAV on 6 follow. ITS, SET and SAT are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of TIPSTAVES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with TI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
TIPSTAVES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TIPSTAVES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIPSTAVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 207 | 256 | 192 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: VESPAS, VESPA, AVISES, PAVS, SATIVE, STIVES, TAPETIS, TAPISTS, AVISE, PATTES, PAV, PETTIS and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: PAVISSE, STEVIAS, VAPES, STEVIA, VAPE, PITTAS, PITTA, SEVS, SEPS, SEV, PST, ATS and 3 more.