Unscramble VALIDATION to get 244 words. VALIDATION itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. AVOIDANT is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from VALIDATION split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 22 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VALIDATION, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. VIOLIN is the one most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from VALIDATION, the top score is 9, reached by 10. VALID, AVOID and VITAL are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in VALIDATION, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. DATA, LAND and TOLD are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with VALIDATION letters, DIV and VID tie for first at 7 points. NOT, OLD and LOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of VALIDATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with VA · ending in ON · all 10-letter words
The meaning of VALIDATION, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. VALIDATION 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALIDATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 244) | 190 | 243 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVOIDANT, NOVALIA, AVANTI, AVITAL, DIVNA, VIOLD, DIANOIA, DIVI, DIVO, VILD, AIDANT, AILANTO and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VANLOAD, VIDALIA, VIDIOT, VID, ATONIA, LATINA, NAV, VIN, DINO, LOID, DAN, ODA and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
These 2 words take every letter of VALIDATION plus a single extra one.