Unscramble NIVATIONS and you have 188 words, NIVATIONS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. INVASION and NIVATION are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NIVATIONS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 37 5-letter words from NIVATIONS, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. VISIT, SAINT and VISTA are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NIVATIONS; 16 of them share the top score of 7. ANTI, VISA and NOVA are everyday picks.
Among 53 3-letter words from NIVATIONS, the top score is 6, reached by 13. NOT, ITS and SAT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of NIVATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NI · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with INVASION (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NIVATIONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIVATIONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 140 | 187 | 125 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: NIVATIONS, NIVATION, NAIVIST, OVIST, VANTS, VINTS, VISON, VISTO, VITAS, VANT, VIAS, VINT and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: NAVS, VINS, INIONS, NAV, VIN, NANOS, NONIS, TIANS, NANO, NONI, STAN, TIAN and 3 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
This word takes every letter of NIVATIONS plus a single extra one.