Unscramble VALVULAE to get 56 words. VALVULAE itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. VALVULA and VALVULE are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
V45A1L12V45U12L12A1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from VALVULAE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 7 with 5, 15 with 4, 21 with 3 and 6 with 2.
These 3 words have the length of VALVULAE, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with VA · ending in AE · all 8-letter words
What VALVULAE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VALVULAE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALVULAE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 56) | 42 | 56 | 42 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
14 of the 56 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVALE, LAVAL, AVAL, AVEL, UVAE, VELL, UVA, VAE, AULA, ALU, AUA, AUE and 2 more.