Unscramble VARIFOCALS and you have 279 words, VARIFOCALS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from VARIFOCALS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 15 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
VARIFOCAL is the only one of the 9-letter words in VARIFOCALS; it scores 17 points.
Among 60 6-letter words from VARIFOCALS, the top score is 12, reached by 4. FISCAL, SAFARI and FACIAL are the familiar ones.
FAVAS, FAVOR and FLAVA are the top 5-letter words from VARIFOCALS, 11 points each. FAILS, VOCAL and FOCAL will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in VARIFOCALS, FAVA and FAVS tie for first at 10 points. FAIR, FAIL and OVAL are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with VARIFOCALS letters, FAV leads with 9 points, then CAF and VAC on 8. CAR, AIR and FAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of VARIFOCALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with VA · ending in LS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CORIVALS, FLAVORS and FRIVOLS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts VARIFOCALS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIFOCALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 223 | 276 | 197 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: VARIFOCALS, VARIFOCAL, FASCIOLA, CAFILAS, AFOCAL, CAFILA, CLAVIS, CLOVIS, FASCIO, VRAICS, FASCI, FICOS and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: CORIVALS, AIRVACS, CORIVAL, FLAVAS, AIRVAC, FLAVA, CAVAS, FAVS, FOLIC, ALVARS, CAFS, CAVA and 14 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: ALFS, ALF and FI.