Unscramble VARIATION and you have 175 words, VARIATION itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, AVIATION leads with 11 points. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from VARIATION split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 12 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in VARIATION: AVIATION, 11 points.
Among 34 5-letter words from VARIATION, the top score is 8, reached by 10. TRAIN, RATIO and INTRO are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from VARIATION; 15 of them share the top score of 7. ANTI, IRON and RAIN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of VARIATION for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with VA · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
What VARIATION means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. VARIATION 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 133 | 174 | 124 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: AVANTI, VIRINO, VORANT, VARAN, VITRO, RIVA, RIVO, TAVA, VANT, VINT, VOAR, VROT and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: ATONIA, NAV, ROTINI, VIN, RAITA, TIAN, ARO, RAI and OI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
Each word below uses all the letters of VARIATION and one more.