265 words come out when you unscramble VARIATIONAL, starting with VARIATIONAL itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from VARIATIONAL split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 4 with 8, 19 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 10 letters.
15 of 19 7-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIATIONAL tie at 10 points; none scores more. VARIANT, TRIVIAL and OVARIAN will look familiar.
38 6-letter words from VARIATIONAL; 11 of them share the top score of 9. AVATAR, TRIVIA and VIOLIN are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from VARIATIONAL, 31 score 8 points, the group's best. VITAL, INTRO and NAVAL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in VARIATIONAL, the top score is 7, reached by 26. ANTI, IRON and NOVA are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 3-letter words made with VARIATIONAL letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOT, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of VARIATIONAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with VA · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
The meaning of VARIATIONAL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
VARIATIONAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIATIONAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 213 | 264 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VIATORIAL, NOVALIA, VITRAIL, AVANTI, AVITAL, RIVLIN, VIRINO, VORANT, LAVRA, LIVOR, ORVAL, VARAN and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ALVAR, ATONIA, LATINA, NAV, ROTINI, VIN, LARNT, LARN, ARO, LOR, RAI and OI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.