Hidden inside naevi sit naevi and naive, five-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 27 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
naevi and naive tie for the highest Scrabble score from naevi at 8 points. The top 10 of 27 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 five-letter words hiding in naevi: one comes from rearranging its letters, and naevi itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with naive. For points, the strongest plays are naevi and naive — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in naevi produces 8 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with vein. For points, the strongest plays are nave, nevi, vain, vane, vein, vena, vina, and vine — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling naevi turns up 10 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with van. For points, the strongest plays are ave, nav, van, via, vie, and vin — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 7 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in naevi. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an and in. For points, the strongest plays are ae, ai, an, en, in, na, and ne — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in naevi and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.
naevi is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
naevi is one of two five-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing naevi unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are naevi and naive, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from naevi 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 naevi produce 27 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 five-letter words, 8 four-letter words, 10 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.