Unscramble VOLUMINAL and you have 180 words, VOLUMINAL itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from VOLUMINAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 15 with 6, 31 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 22 with 2.
ALLUVION is the only one of the 8-letter words in VOLUMINAL; it scores 11 points.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VOLUMINAL are led by MAVIN and NOVUM, 10 points each. VILLA, AMINO and VIOLA are the familiar ones.
OVUM tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VOLUMINAL at 9 points; next come NOVA and OVAL on 7. MAIL, MAIN and LOAN will look familiar.
VIM, VOM and VUM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words from VOLUMINAL. ALL, MAN and OIL are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of VOLUMINAL for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with VO · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ALLUVION and VALLUM (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: VOLUMINAL is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOLUMINAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 138 | 179 | 123 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 180 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VOLUMINAL, MAULVI, MAUVIN, VALIUM, NOVUM, UNVAIL, VILLAN, LOLIUM, MONAUL, MONIAL, OLLAV, VOM and 29 more. 15 of the 180 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VALLUM, VUM, AMNIO, LOUMA, VULN, LUMA, MANI, NAV, VIN, MOI, OMA, LILO and 3 more. 1 of the 180 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.