Unscramble EVAGINATE and you have 215 words, EVAGINATE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, NEGATIVE, NAVIGATE and AGENTIVE included. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from EVAGINATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 7 with 7, 21 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among 21 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EVAGINATE, the top score is 10, reached by 4. NATIVE and EATING are the familiar ones.
Of the 44 5-letter words from EVAGINATE, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. AGAIN, GIVEN and EVENT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EVAGINATE; 6 of them share the top score of 8. EVEN, GIVE and ANTI are everyday picks.
VAG, VEG and VIG are the top 3-letter words from EVAGINATE, 7 points each. GET, AGE and NET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EVAGINATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EV · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AGENTIVE, NAVIGATE, NEGATIVE and VAGINATE (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EVAGINATE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVAGINATE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 215) | 163 | 215 | 149 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
52 of the 215 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VENTIGE, EAVING, AVANTI, VENITE, AVINE, NAEVE, NEIVE, EATAGE, EEVN, EVET, GITANA, TAEING and 40 more. 14 of the 215 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EVAGINATE, VEGA, TAGINE, AGITA, NAV, TANGA, TENGE, VIN, GEAN, GITE, NAGA, NEG and 2 more.
These 3 words take every letter of EVAGINATE plus a single extra one.