76 words come out when you unscramble VALLECULA, starting with VALLECULA itself: 14 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 10 points, CALVE, VACUA and CAVEL among them. The 9 letters split into 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 VALLECULA split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 6, 12 with 5, 27 with 4, 28 with 3 and 6 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
Keep every letter of VALLECULA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VA · ending in LA · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CALVE, CLAVE and VACUA (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. VALLECULA 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALLECULA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 76) | 58 | 76 | 56 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAVEL, AVALE, CALALU, LAVAL, AVAL, AVEL, UVAE, VELL, UVA, VAE, ALLEL, CAA and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAVA and CAL, 2 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of VALLECULA plus a single extra one.