Unscramble VORACIOUS and you have 183 words, VORACIOUS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from VORACIOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 14 with 6, 35 with 5, 59 with 4, 54 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in VORACIOUS: OVARIOUS, 11 points.
VICAR and VRAIC share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from VORACIOUS. VIRUS and VISOR are the ones most people know.
VACS tops the 4-letter words from VORACIOUS at 9 points; next come ARVO and AVOS on 7. CARS, VISA and CIAO will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words in VORACIOUS is VAC, 8 points; AVO and OVA on 6 follow. CAR, AIR and SIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of VORACIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VO · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OVISAC and VICARS (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VORACIOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VORACIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 183) | 127 | 183 | 109 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: CORVUS, OVARIOUS, VRAICS, VRAIC, CORIOUS, VIROUS, CURIAS, RIVAS, URVAS, VOARS, VROUS, ARCOS and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: CAURIS, ACROS, CAURI, CRIAS, OSCAR, ACRO, CORS, CRIA, SOCA, CRU, SOC, AROS and 6 more.