147 words come out when you unscramble VESSAIL, starting with VESSAIL itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: VALISES. Among the shorter answers, 9 reach 9 points, SLAVES, SILVAS and SALVES among them. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. VESSAIL as a single 7-tile play makes 60 in Scrabble, 10 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from VESSAIL by length: 2 with 7 letters, 14 with 6, 39 with 5, 51 with 4, 30 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Of the 39 5-letter words from VESSAIL, 26 score 8 points, the group's best. SALES, LIVES and ALIVE are the ones most people know.
27 of 51 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VESSAIL tie at 7 points; none scores more. SAVE, SALE and LIVE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of VESSAIL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with VE · ending in IL · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; VALISES (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: VESSAIL is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VESSAIL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 147) | 117 | 147 | 107 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
30 of the 147 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VESSAIL, AVISES, SLIVES, AVELS, AVISE, SLIVE, VALIS, VLIES, AVEL, SAVS, VAES, VALI and 18 more. 10 of the 147 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LEVAS, LEVIS, VLEIS, LEVS, SEVS, VLEI, LIASES, SEV, LASSI and LIAS.
These 5 words take every letter of VESSAIL plus a single extra one.