Unscramble DIVARICATOR and you have 244 words, DIVARICATOR itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DIVARICATOR by length: 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 8, 10 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
CORVID tops the 6-letter words from DIVARICATOR at 12 points; next come AIRVAC and ATAVIC on 11. VICTOR, TRIVIA and CARROT will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIVARICATOR is COVID, 11 points; VATIC and VICAR on 10 follow. RADIO, AVOID and RATIO are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from DIVARICATOR, CAVA leads with 9 points, then AVID and DIVA on 8. DATA, CARD and CART are the familiar ones.
VAC tops the 3-letter words in DIVARICATOR at 8 points; next come DIV and VID on 7. CAR, ART and AIR will look familiar.
This word has the length of DIVARICATOR, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with DI · ending in OR · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; VARACTOR and VICTORIA (13 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DIVARICATOR is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIVARICATOR itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 244) | 181 | 244 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: DIVARICATOR, VARICOID, CARTROAD, ARCTIID, ARCTOID, VRAIC, ATOCIA, CARDI, CARRAT, COAITA, DIACT, DIVI and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: AVIATIC, CORVID, AIRVAC, COVID, VIDIOT, CARDIO, CAVA, VARROA, VID, ACAI, ACRO, CRIA and 7 more.
This word takes every letter of DIVARICATOR plus a single extra one.