259 words come out when you unscramble VARNISHING, starting with VARNISHING itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from VARNISHING split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 28 with 7, 38 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 14 with 2.
4 of 28 7-letter words you get when you unscramble VARNISHING tie at 14 points; none scores more. SHARING, RAISING and ARISING will look familiar.
HAVING and HIVING share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words from VARNISHING. VIRGIN, SAVING and RISING are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from VARNISHING is SHIVA, 11 points; AHING and ANIGH on 9 follow. RINGS, GRAIN and GAINS are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in VARNISHING, SHIV leads with 10 points, then ARGH and GASH on 8. HAIR, GAIN and VISA are the familiar ones.
Of the 59 3-letter words made with VARNISHING letters, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. HAS, AIR and GAS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of VARNISHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with VA · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
VARNISHING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VARNISHING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARNISHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 188 | 259 | 168 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HAVINGS, VISHING, HAININGS, AVISING, HAINING, HAIRING, HIRINGS, RASHING, SHIRING, GRAVIS, HANGIS, RAHING and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHIVING, VIGIAS, AHING, VIGIA, ARGH, AHIS, NAVS, VINS, AHI, AHS, NAV, RANGS and 8 more, 20 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of VARNISHING and one more.