Unscramble ROTAVIRUS and you have 230 words, ROTAVIRUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ROTAVIRUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ROTAVIRUS, 19 score 8 points, the group's best. VIRUS, RATIO and VISTA are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from ROTAVIRUS; 22 of them share the top score of 7. ARTS, AUTO and VISA are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in ROTAVIRUS, the top score is 6, reached by 14. OUT, ITS and ART are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of ROTAVIRUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with RO · ending in US · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VARISTOR and VIRTUOSA (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ROTAVIRUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROTAVIRUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 162 | 230 | 152 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRAVIS, VIROUS, OVIST, RIVAS, URVAS, VAUTS, VISTO, VITAS, VITRO, VOARS, VROUS, RAVS and 56 more, 68 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RISTRA, ROSTI, SORTA, AROS, OUTA, RAIS, ARO, ATS, RAI and OI, 10 in all.