191 words come out when you unscramble VILDNESS, starting with VILDNESS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. VENDISS is the best of the shorter words, at 11 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.
Counting the words from VILDNESS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 16 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 12 with 2.
60 5-letter words from VILDNESS; 9 of them share the top score of 9. LINES, LIVES and SLIDE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VILDNESS, the top score is 8, reached by 10. SEND, LIVE and LESS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of VILDNESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with VI · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DEVILS and SNIVELS (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts VILDNESS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILDNESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 140 | 191 | 124 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: VILDNESS, VENDISS, SLIVED, VENDIS, SLIVEN, SLIVES, VILDE, VISNES, DIVS, SLIVE, VILD, VISNE and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: DEVIS, DEVI, LEVIS, VIDS, VLEIS, LEVS, SEVS, VID, VINS, VLEI, DESIS, SEV and 4 more.
These 2 words take every letter of VILDNESS plus a single extra one.