Hidden inside valar sit alvar, arval, and larva, five-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 16 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
alvar, arval, and larva tie for the highest Scrabble score from valar at 8 points. The top 10 of 16 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in valar. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are alvar, arval, and larva, 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 valar produces 3 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lava. For points, the strongest plays are lava and vara — 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 valar turns up 6 three-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these three-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are ava, lav, and var, 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 4 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in valar. No common everyday answer stands out among these two-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are aa, al, ar, and la, 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 valar 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.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are alvar, arval, and larva, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from valar 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 valar produce 16 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 five-letter words, 3 four-letter words, 6 three-letter words and 4 two-letter words.