Unscramble VANDALISATION to get 374 words. VANDALISATION itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. It has 13 letters, 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from VANDALISATION by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 11, 3 with 10, 13 with 9, 32 with 8, 54 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 12 letters.
VALIDATIONS is the only one of the 11-letter words in VANDALISATION; it scores 15 points.
VALIDATION tops the 10-letter words made with VANDALISATION letters at 14 points; next come SALIVATION on 13 and DALTONIANS on 11.
Among the 9-letter words from VANDALISATION, LAVANDINS leads with 13 points, then AVIATIONS and LAVATIONS on 12. SALVATION and NATIONALS are the familiar ones.
Of the 32 8-letter words you get when you unscramble VANDALISATION, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. NATIONAL, AVIATION and INVASION are the ones most people know.
8 of 54 7-letter words made with VANDALISATION letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. NATIONS, INVALID and LIAISON will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VANDALISATION, 10 score 10 points, the group's best. ISLAND, VISION and VIOLIN are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from VANDALISATION; 14 of them share the top score of 9. VISIT, VALID and AVOID are everyday picks.
8 of 60 4-letter words in VANDALISATION tie at 8 points; none scores more. DATA, AIDS and VOID will look familiar.
The 3-letter words made with VANDALISATION letters are led by DIV and VID, 7 points each. OLD, VAN and ADS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of VANDALISATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with VA · ending in ON · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VALIDATIONS (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
VANDALISATION is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANDALISATION itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 374) | 284 | 373 | 256 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 89 of them: VANDALISATION, LAVANDINS, AVOIDANT, LAVANDIN, NIVATIONS, DALTONIANS, NIVATION, DISANOINT, NAIVIST, NOVALIA, AVANTI, AVITAL and 77 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: VANLOADS, VIDALIAS, NONVITAL, VANLOAD, VIDALIA, VIDIOTS, DALTONIAN, NIDATIONS, VANITAS, VIDIOT, NIDATION, ANANDAS and 16 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
These 2 words take every letter of VANDALISATION plus a single extra one.