Unscramble VARNISHINGS and you have 296 words, VARNISHINGS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are VANISHINGS and VARNISHING, 17 points each. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from VARNISHINGS split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 3 with 9, 12 with 8, 36 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 14 with 2.
All 2 of the 10-letter words in VARNISHINGS score 17 points.
36 7-letter words from VARNISHINGS; 4 of them share the top score of 14. SAVINGS, SHARING and RAISING are everyday picks.
HAVING and HIVING share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words made with VARNISHINGS letters. VIRGIN, SAVING and RISING are the ones most people know.
SHIVA and SHIVS are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VARNISHINGS, 11 points each. SIGNS, RINGS and GRASS will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from VARNISHINGS is SHIV, 10 points; ARGH and GASH on 8 follow. HAIR, GAIN and VISA are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in VARNISHINGS, the top score is 7, reached by 4. HAS, AIR and GAS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of VARNISHINGS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with VA · ending in GS · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VARNISHING (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts VARNISHINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARNISHINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 211 | 296 | 191 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
85 of the 296 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VARNISHINGS, VANISHINGS, SHRIVINGS, VISHINGS, HAVINGS, VISHING, HAININGS, SHARINGS, SNASHING, AVISING, HAINING, HAIRING and 73 more. 20 of the 296 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHIVING, VIGIAS, AHING, VIGIA, ARGH, AHIS, NAVS, VINS, AHI, AHS, NAV, RANGS and 8 more.