111 words come out when you unscramble VARIATIVE, starting with VARIATIVE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. VIVARIA is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from VARIATIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 21 with 5, 36 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 4-letter words from VARIATIVE, VIVA and VIVE tie for first at 10 points. AREA, RATE and TIRE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of VARIATIVE for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with VA · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VIVARIA (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts VARIATIVE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIATIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 111) | 83 | 110 | 78 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 27 of them: VARIATIVE, VIVER, TAIVER, TAVER, VAIRE, RIVA, TAVA, VARE, VIAE, VIRE, VITE, RAV and 15 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: VIVAT, RAITA, ARIE, RAI and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.