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CLAVES shares its exact letters with CALVES, so both pages return the same word list. We treat CALVES as the primary page for this letter set.

Unscramble CLAVES

We found 78 words that can be made from the letters in CLAVES — the longest are 6 letters.

Dictionary last updated · Compiled by The DoUnscrambler Editorial Team · How we generate these lists

CLAVES— Letter Tiles & Points
11
Scrabble
14
WWF

Direct Anagrams of CLAVES (3)

These are words made by rearranging all the letters of CLAVES:

Words Made from CLAVES (78 total)

1-Letter Words (1)

1 pts
Plain text list — all 78 words from CLAVES

CALVES, CAVELS, CLAVES, SCLAVE, CALVE, CAVEL, CAVES, CLAVE, CAVE, VACS, AVELS, LAVES, SALVE, SELVA, SLAVE, VALES, VALSE, VEALS, VAC, ALECS, CLAES, LACES, SCALE, AVEL, AVES, LAVE, LAVS, LEVA, SAVE, VAES, VALE, VASE, VEAL, VELA, ACES, AESC, ALEC, CASE, CEAS, CELS, LACE, LACS, AVE, LAV, LEV, SAV, VAE, VAS, ACE, CEL, LAC, SAC, SEC, ALES, LASE, LEAS, SALE, SEAL, SLAE, ALE, ALS, EAS, ELS, LAS, LEA, LES, SAE, SAL, SEA, SEL, AE, AL, AS, EA, EL, ES, LA, A

What makes CLAVES interesting

  • Letter make-up: 2 vowels (A, E) and 4 consonants (C, L, V, S) — a vowel ratio of 33%.
  • Rare letters: V — uncommon in English, which is why the derived list is shorter than a rack of the same length made of common letters.
  • Highest-value tile: V at 4 Scrabble points (5 in Words With Friends). Build around it when a premium square is available.
  • Score ranking: at 11 points, CLAVES scores higher than 58% of all 6-letter words in our dictionary.
  • Dictionary status: valid in TWL. See what each dictionary covers →
  • Alphabetical signature: acelsv — every word sharing this signature is an anagram of CLAVES.

Hooks for CLAVES

A hook is a single letter that extends an existing word already on the board. Front hooks: S.

Words hidden inside CLAVES

These valid words appear as an unbroken run of letters inside CLAVES: CLAVE, LAVES, LAVE, AVES, LAV, AVE.

Best plays from CLAVES

The longest words you can build from this rack are CALVES (11 pts), CAVELS (11 pts), SCLAVE (11 pts), ALECS (7 pts), AVELS (8 pts), CALVE (10 pts).

About Unscrambling CLAVES

The letters CLAVES (c, l, a, v, e, s) can be rearranged into 78 different words, the longest of which are 6-letter words. Every one of those words is listed in full above — nothing is hidden behind a click or a script.

Definition: an unscramble is the act of rearranging a jumbled set of letters back into valid dictionary words. Unlike a simple anagram (which must use every letter exactly once), unscrambling also finds every shorter sub-word that can be built from a subset of those letters.

CLAVES is a valid word in the TWL dictionary, worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends before board multipliers.

Letter Values in CLAVES

  • C = 3 Scrabble points · 4 WWF points (worth more in WWF)
  • L = 1 Scrabble point · 2 WWF points (worth more in WWF)
  • A = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • V = 4 Scrabble points · 5 WWF points (worth more in WWF)
  • E = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • S = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point

How We Calculated These Words

Every candidate above was looked up by its alphabetical signature— the letters of the word sorted into A–Z order. Two words share a signature if and only if they contain the same letters, which is what makes anagram and sub-anagram lookups instant instead of O(n!). We then subtract each candidate's per-letter counts from your input's counts, drawing on the wildcard pool for any deficit, so only words you actually have the tiles to spell are returned. Read the full methodology →

Frequently asked about CLAVES

How many words can you make from CLAVES?

78 valid dictionary words can be made from the letters in CLAVES, ranging from 2 letters up to 6 letters. Every one of them is listed on this page.

Is CLAVES a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. CLAVES appears in TWL dictionary and is worth 11 points in Scrabble before any board multipliers.

What is an anagram of CLAVES?

CLAVES has 3 direct anagrams: CALVES, CAVELS, SCLAVE. A direct anagram uses every letter of CLAVES exactly once.

What letters hook onto CLAVES?

Adding S to the front makes a longer valid word.