Unscramble VERVAINS and you have 217 words, VERVAINS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are VERVAIN, NAVVIES and SAVVIER, 13 points each. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from VERVAINS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words made with VERVAINS letters, VARVES, VIVERS and VIVRES tie for first at 12 points. VARIES, RAVENS and ARISEN are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from VERVAINS, the top score is 11, reached by 4. RAISE, SAVER and ARISE are the familiar ones.
VAVS, VIVA and VIVE share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VERVAINS. SAVE, NEAR and RAIN are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words in VERVAINS is VAV, 9 points; AVE and NAV on 6 follow. ARE, AIR and SEA are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of VERVAINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with VE · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
VERVAINS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VERVAINS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERVAINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 170 | 217 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: VIVRES, VIVER, VIVES, AVENIRS, AVENIR, VINERS, AVINE, AVISE, RIVAS, VAIRE, VARES, VINER and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: VERSIN, NAVS, VINS, NAV, SARNIE, SEV, VIN, REAIS, ARIE, NAES, NARE, RAIS and 2 more.