316 words come out when you unscramble VARICOSED, starting with VARICOSED itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 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 VARICOSED split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 42 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
7 of 42 7-letter words made with VARICOSED letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. ADVISOR, DIVORCE and ADVISER will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from VARICOSED, 7 score 12 points, the group's best. VIDEOS, ADVICE and COVERS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VARICOSED; 4 of them share the top score of 11. VIDEO, CARDS and DRIVE are everyday picks.
5 of 60 4-letter words made with VARICOSED letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. OVER, CODE and CARD will look familiar.
VAC scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble VARICOSED at 8 points, ahead of DEV and DIV on 7. CAR, ADS and AID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of VARICOSED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VA · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CODRIVES, COVARIED, DISCOVER and DIVORCES (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
VARICOSED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARICOSED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 316) | 249 | 316 | 221 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: CARVIES, CAVIERS, CORSIVE, CAVIER, VARDIES, VRAICS, AVIDER, AVISED, CARDIES, CIVES, DARCIES, DISCOER and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: COVARIED, CERVIDS, CORVIDS, COVARIES, SCARVED, CORVID, COVIDS, COVID, VARECS, CARDIOS, COADIES, VAREC and 16 more.