166 words come out when you unscramble VALIANCE, starting with VALIANCE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of VALIANCE is on the page: VALENCIA, each 13 points. Of the shorter words, VALANCE leads with 12 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from VALIANCE by length: 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 13 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2.
VALANCE is the only one of the 7-letter words made with VALIANCE letters; it scores 12 points.
Of the 42 5-letter words from VALIANCE, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. CLEAN, ALIVE and ALIEN are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words from VALIANCE tie at 9 points; none scores more. LINE, LIVE and NICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of VALIANCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with VA · ending in CE · all 8-letter words
What VALIANCE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VALIANCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALIANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 138 | 166 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLAVIE, INCAVE, CAVEL, AVAILE, CIVE, ANCILE, AVALE, AVINE, ELVAN, ANCLE, AVAL, AVEL and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAVA, INCEL, VLEI, ACAI, NAV, VIN, CAL and NALA, 8 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of VALIANCE and one more.