Unscramble VOLUSPAS and you have 147 words, VOLUSPAS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from VOLUSPAS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 25 with 5, 56 with 4, 46 with 3 and 12 with 2.
PAVS tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VOLUSPAS at 9 points; next come AVOS and LAVS on 7. ALSO, PLUS and LOSS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble VOLUSPAS, PAV leads with 8 points, then AVO and LAV on 6. ASS, SPA and UPS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of VOLUSPAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with VO · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SALVOS and SPOUSAL (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts VOLUSPAS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOLUSPAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 147) | 109 | 147 | 98 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VOLUSPAS, VOLUSPA, PAVS, PAV, SALOPS, SPAULS, APSOS, OUPAS, PAULS, SALOP, SAVS, SOVS and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PULAOS, PULAO, PULAS, APOS, OPAS, APO, OPA, POS, SOLAS, PO and SUS, 11 in all.