216 words come out when you unscramble VARMINTS, starting with VARMINTS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is VARMINT, 12 points. The 8 letters split into 2 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 VARMINTS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
MAVIN, MAVIS and MIRVS share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from VARMINTS. SAINT, SMART and VISTA are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VARMINTS, MIRV and VIMS tie for first at 9 points. MAIN, ANTI and ARMS are everyday picks.
VIM scores highest among the 3-letter words made with VARMINTS letters at 8 points, ahead of NAV and RAV on 6. ITS, ART and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of VARMINTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with VA · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
VARMINTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VARMINTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARMINTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 172 | 216 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: MIRVS, MIRV, TRAVIS, MINARS, RIVAS, TAMINS, VANTS, VINTS, VITAS, MINAR, RAMIS, RAVS and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: AMRITS, RAMINS, SANTIM, AMRIT, MANIS, NAVS, RAMIN, VINS, MANI, NAV, STIM, VIN and 3 more.