Unscramble DIVARICATING to get 319 words. DIVARICATING itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VICIATING leads with 15 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DIVARICATING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 14 with 8, 43 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in DIVARICATING: RADICATING, for 14 points.
VACATING scores highest among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DIVARICATING at 14 points, ahead of ARCADING and AVIATING on 12. CARDIGAN is the one most people know.
Among 43 7-letter words from DIVARICATING, the top score is 13, reached by 4. TRADING, DRIVING and VARIANT are the familiar ones.
CAVING and VICING are the top 6-letter words from DIVARICATING, 12 points each. DATING, RACING and VIRGIN will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in DIVARICATING; 5 of them share the top score of 10. AGAIN, GRAND and DIGIT are everyday picks.
CAVA scores highest among the 4-letter words made with DIVARICATING letters at 9 points, ahead of AVID and DIVA on 8. DATA, CARD and CART are the ones most people know.
VAC tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DIVARICATING at 8 points; next come DIV and VAG on 7. CAN, CAR and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DIVARICATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; RADICATING and VACATING (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DIVARICATING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIVARICATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 319) | 242 | 319 | 222 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 77 of them: VICIATING, VIRGINIA, ANIRIDIC, DICTING, GARCINIA, INCAVI, RADICANT, TRIDACNA, VADING, VIRANDA, ACRIDIN, ARCTIID and 65 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: AVIATIC, AIRVAC, CAVA, GIARDIA, VIGIA, CNIDA, GARDAI, GARDA, TACAN, VID, ACAI, AGITA and 8 more.