212 words come out when you unscramble ILLUVIATING, starting with ILLUVIATING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 21 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.
Words from ILLUVIATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 18 with 7, 15 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 10 letters.
INGLUVIAL is the only one of the 9-letter words in ILLUVIATING; it scores 13 points.
The 5-letter words from ILLUVIATING are led by VIGIA and VIGIL, 9 points each. VILLA, GIANT and VITAL are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words in ILLUVIATING, VAGI, VANG and VIGA tie for first at 8 points. ANTI, GAIN and LUNG are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with ILLUVIATING letters, the top score is 7, reached by 4. ALL, VAN and TAG are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ILLUVIATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IL · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VAULTING, VIALLING and VIGILANT (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ILLUVIATING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUVIATING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 212) | 169 | 211 | 156 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: INGLUVIAL, VAUTING, UNVITAL, UNVAIL, VILLAN, LITING, ULLING, UNGILT, VAG, VALI, VANT, VAUT and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: ILLUVIATING, VIGIA, LINGULA, VULN, ATIGI, NAV, VIN, AGLU, LATU, NUG, GI, LUN and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: UGLI.