Unscramble VARIOLATES to get 358 words. VARIOLATES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: LAVATORIES. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from VARIOLATES by length: 2 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 22 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
VARIOLATES and 1 anagram, LAVATORIES, make up the 10-letter words made with VARIOLATES letters; each scores 13 points.
Of the 22 8-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIOLATES, 20 score 11 points, the group's best. VIOLATES is the one most people know.
35 of 60 7-letter words from VARIOLATES tie at 10 points; none scores more. TRAVELS, VIOLATE and ISOLATE will look familiar.
The 6-letter words made with VARIOLATES letters come to 60, each scoring 9 points. TRAVEL, SILVER and LOVERS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIOLATES score 8 points. LIVES, ALIVE and LOVES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from VARIOLATES scores 7. OVER, LOVE and SAVE are everyday picks.
24 of 60 3-letter words in VARIOLATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, ITS and ART will look familiar.
Trade one tile of VARIOLATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with VA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LAVATORIES (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
VARIOLATES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIOLATES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 358) | 277 | 357 | 257 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
81 of the 358 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERSAIL, VOLARIES, AVAILES, LARVATE, OLIVERS, OLIVETS, TAIVERS, TORSIVE, VALETAS, VIOLERS, AVAILE, AVALES and 69 more. 19 of the 358 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VARIOLATES, VARIOLATE, VERTISOL, LOVIEST, RAVIEST, ALVARS, LOVIER, STEVIA, ALVAR, LEVAS, LEVIS, LEVS and 7 more. 1 of the 358 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: REALIAS.
With one more tile, the letters of VARIOLATES spell the words below.