Unscramble VERNATION and you have 273 words, VERNATION itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of VERNATION is on the page: NERVATION, each 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from VERNATION by length: 2 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 13 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Among 47 6-letter words from VERNATION, the top score is 9, reached by 18. NATION, NATIVE and RETAIN are the familiar ones.
27 of 60 5-letter words made with VERNATION letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. RATIO, INNER and INTER will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VERNATION, the top score is 7, reached by 35. OVER, ANTI and VOTE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from VERNATION, 19 score 6 points, the group's best. NOT, ARE and ONE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of VERNATION for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with VE · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by INNOVATE, INVENTOR and VENATION (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. VERNATION is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERNATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 214 | 271 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NOVERINT, VENATOR, VERNANT, AVENIR, TAIVER, VIENNA, VIRENT, VORANT, AVINE, INORNATE, TAVER, VAIRE and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ENVIRO, NOVATE, NORTENA, TRANNIE, NAV, OATIER, VIN, NINER, ARIE, NANO, ARO, RAI and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON and ITER, 2 in all.
These 6 words take every letter of VERNATION plus a single extra one.