Unscramble VARICELLA and you have 209 words, VARICELLA itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CAVALIER, CAVILLER and VARICEAL, 13 points each. 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 VARICELLA split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 10 with 7, 25 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among 25 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VARICELLA, the top score is 11, reached by 7. RECALL, RACIAL and AERIAL are the familiar ones.
Of the 58 5-letter words from VARICELLA, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. CLEAR, VILLA and ALIVE are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words from VARICELLA tie at 9 points; none scores more. AREA, CARE and CALL will look familiar.
VAC scores highest among the 3-letter words in VARICELLA at 8 points, ahead of AVA and AVE on 6. ARE, ALL and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of VARICELLA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VA · ending in LA · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CAVALIER, CAVILLER and VARICEAL (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. VARICELLA 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARICELLA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 168 | 209 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CALIVER, VELARIC, CALVER, CAVIER, CLAVIE, CAVEL, VRAIC, AVAILE, CIVE, VALLAR, VILLAR, ALLICE and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VARICEAL, AIRVAC, VAREC, CAVA, ALVAR, VLEI, ACAI, CRIA, CAL and RAI, 10 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of VARICELLA plus a single extra one.