Unscramble VIGOROUSLY to get 224 words. VIGOROUSLY itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. VIROLOGY and GROOVILY are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
V45I1G23O1R1O1U12S1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from VIGOROUSLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 4 with 7, 18 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
GROVY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VIGOROUSLY at 12 points; next come IVORY on 11 and GIRLY on 9. GIRLS, VIRUS and LOGOS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with VIGOROUSLY letters, the top score is 8, reached by 17. GIRL, LOGO and GUYS are the familiar ones.
IVY and VLY are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble VIGOROUSLY, 9 points each. LOG, OIL and GUY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of VIGOROUSLY but one, change that one, and you get:
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What VIGOROUSLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VIGOROUSLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIGOROUSLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 141 | 220 | 122 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
81 of the 224 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VIGOROS, GOOILY, GROOLY, GYROUS, VIGORO, GOORY, GRISY, GURLY, LIVORS, LURGY, ROGUY, VIROUS and 69 more. 19 of the 224 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GROOVILY, GROVY, GOOLY, VLOGS, VLOG, VOGS, RYUS, VOG, YOUS, RYU, ORGS, GIS and 7 more. 2 of the 224 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: GOYS and GOY. 2 of the 224 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS and UGLI.