Unscramble VINOUSLY and you have 129 words, VINOUSLY itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
V45I1N12O1U12S1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from VINOUSLY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 19 with 5, 39 with 4, 46 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 7 letters.
VINY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VINOUSLY at 10 points; next come INLY and LINY on 7. ONLY, SOUL and SOIL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of VINOUSLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with VI · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
The meaning of VINOUSLY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
VINOUSLY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VINOUSLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 95 | 128 | 85 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: VLY, SOILY, VISON, LOYS, NOYS, VOLS, LOY, NOY, NYS, ONY, OYS, SNY and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: VULNS, VINS, VULN, YOUS, VIN, LUNS, UNIS, LUN, UNI and OI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of VINOUSLY spell the words below.