Unscramble VALETS and you have 122 words, VALETS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: VESTAL. The best shorter words score 8: 12 of them, SLAVE, VALET and SALVE included. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
V45A1L12E1T1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from VALETS by length: 2 with 6 letters, 24 with 5, 48 with 4, 36 with 3 and 12 with 2.
17 of 48 4-letter words from VALETS tie at 7 points; none scores more. LAST, SAVE and SALE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of VALETS, with one letter different:
More 6-letter words: starting with VA · ending in TS · all 6-letter words
What VALETS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VALETS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALETS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 122) | 107 | 122 | 99 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 15 of them: AVELS, AVEL, VAES, SAV, VAE, LEATS, SALET, ELTS, LEAT, SLAE, TAES, EAS and 3 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: LEVAS, LEVS, SEV, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 11 words take every letter of VALETS plus a single extra one.