Unscramble VACILLATE to get 184 words. VACILLATE itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: LATICLAVE. Of the shorter words, CLAVATE and VATICAL lead with 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from VACILLATE split into 2 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 19 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with VACILLATE letters: ALLATIVE, for 11 points.
Of the 35 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VACILLATE, 9 score 10 points, the group's best. VILLA, ALIVE and VITAL are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from VACILLATE; 4 of them share the top score of 9. CALL, LIVE and CELL are everyday picks.
VAC tops the 3-letter words in VACILLATE at 8 points; next come AVA and AVE on 6. ALL, LET and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of VACILLATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VA · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLAVATE and VATICAL (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VACILLATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VACILLATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 147 | 184 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 184 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LATICLAVE, ALLATIVE, CLAVIE, CAVEL, AVAILE, AVITAL, CIVE, VALETA, ALLICE, AVALE, CAILLE, LAVAL and 25 more. 7 of the 184 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAVA, VLEI, ACAI, CLIT, CAL, TEC and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of VACILLATE and one more.