Unscramble VARIOLATE to get 252 words. VARIOLATE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VARIETAL and VIOLATER lead with 11 points. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from VARIOLATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 13 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
33 6-letter words from VARIOLATE; 15 of them share the top score of 9. TRAVEL, RETAIL and AERIAL are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIOLATE, the top score is 8, reached by 51. ALERT, ALIVE and VITAL are the familiar ones.
49 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIOLATE tie at 7 points; none scores more. OVER, AREA and LOVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from VARIOLATE, 19 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of VARIOLATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VA · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; VARIETAL and VIOLATER (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VARIOLATE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIOLATE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 200 | 252 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LARVATE, AVAILE, AVITAL, OLIVER, OLIVET, TAIVER, VALETA, VIOLER, AVALE, LAVRA, LIVOR, LOAVE and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VARIOLATE, LOVIER, ALVAR, VLEI, OATIER, ARIE, ARO, LOR, RAI, OI and TE, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of VARIOLATE and one more.