248 words come out when you unscramble VALIDATING, starting with VALIDATING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from VALIDATING split into 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 16 with 7, 30 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 9 letters.
DIVING and VADING are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VALIDATING, 11 points each. LIVING, DATING and LIGAND will look familiar.
Of the 58 5-letter words from VALIDATING, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. AGAIN, VALID and GIANT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in VALIDATING; 7 of them share the top score of 8. DATA, LAND and GAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with VALIDATING letters, the top score is 7, reached by 4. VAN, AID and TAG are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of VALIDATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with VA · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
VALIDATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
VALIDATING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALIDATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 190 | 248 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: AVALING, VADING, AVANTI, AVITAL, DIVNA, LAIDING, DITING, DIVI, VILD, AIDANT, AVAL, DIV and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: VIDALIA, VIGIA, VID, AGITA, ATIGI, LATINA, NAV, TANGA, VIN, NAGA, DAN, DA and 1 more.