376 words come out when you unscramble VARICELLOUS, starting with VARICELLOUS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 9 of them, COVERALLS, VESICULAR and COLLUSIVE included. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from VARICELLOUS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 12 with 9, 39 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 10 letters.
39 8-letter words made with VARICELLOUS letters; 16 of them share the top score of 13. CALORIES, CAROUSEL and VISCERAL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words from VARICELLOUS, 29 score 12 points, the group's best. VARIOUS, OVERALL and CALORIE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VARICELLOUS, the top score is 11, reached by 41. COVERS, VOICES and LOVERS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from VARICELLOUS, 23 score 10 points, the group's best. COVER, VOICE and LIVES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in VARICELLOUS, the top score is 9, reached by 5. OVER, LOVE and SAVE are the familiar ones.
VAC tops the 3-letter words made with VARICELLOUS letters at 8 points; next come AVE and AVO on 6. ARE, ALL and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of VARICELLOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with VA · ending in US · all 11-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CAVILLERS, COVERALLS and OVERCALLS (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: VARICELLOUS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARICELLOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 376) | 281 | 376 | 256 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
95 of the 376 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VARICELLOUS, ARVICOLES, COLLUVIES, VOCALISER, ARVICOLE, CALIVERS, CALIVER, CALVERS, CARVIES, CAVIERS, CLAVIES, CORSIVE and 83 more. 25 of the 376 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CORIVALS, COVARIES, CORIVAL, SCRAVEL, VELCROS, VARECS, VELCRO, CORELLAS, CURSILLO, EUSOCIAL, VAREC, LOVIER and 13 more.