There are 68 words hidden in the letters of SURVIVES, from 8 two-letter words up to SURVIVES (8 letters). For points, SURVIVES is best at 14.
No other single word uses all 8 letters of SURVIVES. SURVIVES has 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants, worth 14 points before any board bonuses.
8-letter words 1
7-letter words 2
survive13viruses10
6-letter words 5
issuer6sieurs6sivers9versus9vivers12
5-letter words 14
issue5rises5risus5rives8ruses5sieur5sires5siver8suers5users5viers8vires8virus8vises8
4-letter words 22
ires4reis4revs7rise4rive7rues4ruse4seis4sers4sire4sirs4sris4suer4sues4sure4user4uses4vier7vies7vire7vise7vive10
3-letter words 16
ers3ess3ire3rei3res3rev6rue3sei3ser3sir3sis3sri3sue3use3vie6vis6
2-letter words 8
er2es2is2re2rs2si2ss2us2
Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.