191 words come out when you unscramble VITICOLOUS, starting with VITICOLOUS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VICIOUS leads with 12 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from VITICOLOUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 10 with 7, 13 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
CIVIL tops the 5-letter words from VITICOLOUS at 10 points; next come OVIST and OVOLI on 8. VISIT, TOOLS and LOTUS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VITICOLOUS, the top score is 7, reached by 4. LIST, COST and LOST are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of VITICOLOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; VICIOUS (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts VITICOLOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VITICOLOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 143 | 191 | 132 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 191 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VITICOLOUS, CIVILS, CLOVIS, VITIOUS, COOLIST, COUTILS, SCIOLTO, VOLTIS, COUTIL, OVIST, VISTO, CLOUS and 36 more. 11 of the 191 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CLITS, LOCIS, TOCOS, CLIT, LOCS, TOCO, LOC, SOC, TULSI, LOTO and OI.