Unscramble VARIOLATION and you have 276 words, VARIOLATION itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from VARIOLATION by length: 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 9, 6 with 8, 21 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 10 letters.
21 7-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIOLATION; 16 of them share the top score of 10. VARIANT, TRIVIAL and OVARIAN are everyday picks.
Among 42 6-letter words from VARIOLATION, the top score is 9, reached by 11. TRIVIA, VIOLIN and LOTION are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from VARIOLATION; 32 of them share the top score of 8. VITAL, INTRO and NAVAL are everyday picks.
26 of 60 4-letter words in VARIOLATION tie at 7 points; none scores more. ANTI, IRON and NOVA will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with VARIOLATION letters, 15 score 6 points, the group's best. NOT, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of VARIOLATION for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with VA · ending in ON · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANTIVIRAL, OVATIONAL, VARIATION and VIOLATION (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: VARIOLATION is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIOLATION itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 218 | 275 | 203 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 276 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VARIOLATION, VIATORIAL, NOVALIA, VITRAIL, AVANTI, AVITAL, OVATOR, RIVLIN, VIRINO, VORANT, LAVRA, LIVOR and 45 more. 15 of the 276 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OVATIONAL, ALVAR, ATONIA, LATINA, NAV, ROTINI, VIN, LARNT, LARN, ARO, LOR, ONO and 3 more. 1 of the 276 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of VARIOLATION spell the words below.