Hidden inside covises is one standout: viscose, a seven-letter play worth 12 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 51 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble CVSEIOS, SISCOVE or VESCIOS and you get the same 7 letters as COVISES: so the words from COVISES listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
COVISES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to VISCOSE (noun), a viscous solution, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
viscose is the highest-scoring word from covises, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 51 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling covises produces exactly one seven-letter word: viscose. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in covises. If a familiar word is all you need, start with voice. For points, the strongest plays are coves, vices, voces, and voice — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in covises produces 15 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ices and vice. For points, the strongest plays are cove and vice — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling covises turns up 17 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ice. For points, the strongest plays are sev, vie, vis, and voe — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
1 eight-letter word can be made using all the letters in covises plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in covises and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is viscose, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from covises earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in covises produce 51 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 2 six-letter words, 9 five-letter words, 15 four-letter words, 17 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.