Unscramble DEVIATORY to get 250 words. DEVIATORY itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. VARIETY and VERDOY are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1V45I1A1T1O1R1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEVIATORY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
DEVIATOR is the only one of the 8-letter words in DEVIATORY; it scores 12 points.
VERDOY scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVIATORY at 13 points, ahead of AVOYER and VERITY on 12. EDITOR, VARIED and ADVERT are the ones most people know.
VARDY and YRIVD are the top 5-letter words from DEVIATORY, 12 points each. VIDEO, TODAY and DRIVE will look familiar.
DAVY scores highest among the 4-letter words in DEVIATORY at 11 points, ahead of TIVY and VARY on 10. OVER, VERY and VOID are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with DEVIATORY letters, IVY leads with 9 points, then DAY and DEV on 7. RED, YET and TRY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEVIATORY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VARIETY (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DEVIATORY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVIATORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 182 | 250 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 68 of them: VERDOY, AVOYER, VARDY, YRIVD, VAIRY, AVIDER, DOVIER, OVATED, VERDIT, DEVOT, DOVER, DOVIE and 56 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: RAVEY, TARDIVE, DEVI, OATY, VID, OATIER, YER, ODA, DA, OI and TE.