328 words come out when you unscramble VARIEGATING, starting with VARIEGATING itself: 16 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, AVERAGING leads with 14 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from VARIEGATING split into 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 16 with 8, 47 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 10 letters.
GINGIVA, GRAVING and VERGING share the top score of 12 among the 7-letter words from VARIEGATING. VINTAGE, GRANITE and VARIANT are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIEGATING are led by GAVAGE and GIVING, 11 points each. NATIVE, VIRGIN and EATING are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 5-letter words in VARIEGATING tie at 9 points; none scores more. GREAT, AGAIN and GIVEN will look familiar.
60 4-letter words made with VARIEGATING letters; 7 of them share the top score of 8. GIVE, GAVE and GAIN are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIEGATING are led by VAG, VEG and VIG, 7 points each. ARE, GET and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of VARIEGATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with VA · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AVERAGING (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VARIEGATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIEGATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 328) | 262 | 328 | 244 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
66 of the 328 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EVIRATING, GREAVING, TAIVERING, TAVERING, RIEVING, VERTING, VITRAGE, EAVING, GARVIE, GRAINAGE, VIRING, AGGRATE and 54 more. 18 of the 328 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIRGAE, VIGIA, VEGA, ARTIGI, RAGGA, AGITA, ATIGI, GATER, NAV, RAGG, TEGG, VIN and 6 more.