401 words come out when you unscramble VIRIDESCENT, starting with VIRIDESCENT itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DIRECTIVES and DISCRETIVE, 16 points each. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from VIRIDESCENT by length: 1 with 11 letters, 7 with 10, 15 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The 10-letter words made with VIRIDESCENT letters are led by DIRECTIVES and DISCRETIVE, 16 points each.
DIRECTIVE and VIDSCREEN share the top score of 15 among the 9-letter words in VIRIDESCENT. REVISITED is the one most people know.
60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble VIRIDESCENT; 6 of them share the top score of 14. RESIDENT, INDIRECT and DISCRETE are everyday picks.
7 of 60 7-letter words from VIRIDESCENT tie at 13 points; none scores more. SERVICE, DEVICES and CREDITS will look familiar.
CERVID, DEVICE and VISCID share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VIRIDESCENT. CREDIT, SERVED and DRIVES are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from VIRIDESCENT is VICED, 11 points; CIVES and CIVET on 10 follow. NEVER, EVENT and DRIVE are everyday picks.
CIVE and VICE share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words in VIRIDESCENT. EVEN, EVER and DISC are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with VIRIDESCENT letters are led by DEV, DIV and VID, 7 points each. ITS, END and RED are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of VIRIDESCENT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with VI · ending in NT · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VIDSCREEN (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VIRIDESCENT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIRIDESCENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 401) | 313 | 401 | 286 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
88 of the 401 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DISCRETIVE, DESCRIVE, CINDERIEST, CRIVENS, EVIDENTS, VERDITES, ICTERIDS, SERVIENT, STERVED, VENTRED, VERDETS, VERDITE and 76 more. 27 of the 401 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIDSCREEN, CERVIDS, CRETINISED, INDISCRETE, CIDERIEST, EDITRICES, INVERSED, CIDERIES, CRETINISE, EIDETICS, EIRENICS, ENTERICS and 15 more.
With one more tile, the letters of VIRIDESCENT spell the words below.