Unscramble OTTAVINOS and you have 202 words, OTTAVINOS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are OVATIONS, OTTAVINO and STOTINOV, 11 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1T1T1A1V45I1N12O1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OTTAVINOS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 2 with 7, 11 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 45 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OTTAVINOS, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. SAINT, VISTA and SATIN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from OTTAVINOS; 16 of them share the top score of 7. SOON, ANTI and VISA are everyday picks.
13 of 59 3-letter words in OTTAVINOS tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOT, ITS and TOO will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OTTAVINOS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OT · ending in OS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OVATIONS and STOTINOV (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: OTTAVINOS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTTAVINOS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 202) | 152 | 201 | 132 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OTTAVINOS, OTTAVINO, OVIST, VANTS, VINTS, VISON, VISTO, VITAS, VANT, VIAS, VINT, NOSTOI and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STOTINOV, NAVS, VINS, NATTOS, NAV, STATIN, STOTIN, TANTOS, TATSOI, VIN, NATTO, TIANS and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.