Unscramble OVIGEROUS and you have 233 words, OVIGEROUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VIGOROUS and GRIEVOUS lead with 12 points. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OVIGEROUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 30 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 30 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVIGEROUS, 13 score 10 points, the group's best. GROOVE, GROVES and GROUSE are the ones most people know.
54 5-letter words from OVIGEROUS; 10 of them share the top score of 9. GIVES, VIRUS and GROVE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with OVIGEROUS letters, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. OVER, GIVE and GOES are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OVIGEROUS; 6 of them share the top score of 7. SIR, REV and RUG are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of OVIGEROUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GRIEVOUS and VIGOROUS (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OVIGEROUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVIGEROUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 156 | 233 | 143 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
77 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVIGEROUS, VIGOROS, VOGUIER, OVERGO, VIGORO, VIRGES, VOGIER, VOUGES, VEGOS, VIRGE, VIROSE, VIROUS and 65 more. 13 of the 233 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ERUVS, VOGS, ERUV, VOG, SEV, ORGS, GIS, GOS, ORG, SIG, GI, ROO and 1 more.