Unscramble VARIEGATES and you have 324 words, VARIEGATES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. ERGATIVES, GRAVESITE and VARIEGATE are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from VARIEGATES split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 11 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Among 48 7-letter words from VARIEGATES, the top score is 11, reached by 15. AVERAGE is the familiar one.
21 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIEGATES tie at 10 points; none scores more. AGREES, VARIES and SAVAGE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in VARIEGATES, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. GIVES, SERVE and VISTA are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with VARIEGATES letters; 8 of them share the top score of 8. SAVE, GIVE and EVER are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIEGATES are led by VAG, VEG and VIG, 7 points each. ARE, GET and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of VARIEGATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with VA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ERGATIVES and GRAVESITE (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VARIEGATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIEGATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 324) | 251 | 324 | 231 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 73 of them: VITRAGES, EVIRATES, GARVIES, VEGIEST, VITRAGE, EVIRATE, GARVIE, GRAVIS, GREVES, STIEVER, TAIVERS, VEGIER and 61 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: ERGATIVES, GRAVESITE, RAVIEST, SIEVERT, VIRGAE, STEVIA, VARIAS, VEGAS, VEGES, VEGA, AGITAS, SEV and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of VARIEGATES and one more.