Hidden inside videous is one standout: devious, a seven-letter play worth 11 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 73 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
VIDEOUS isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to DEVIOUS (adjective), indirect, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
devious is the highest-scoring word from videous, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 73 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling videous produces exactly one seven-letter word: devious. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling videous produces exactly one six-letter word: videos. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in videous. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dives and video. For points, 6 words tie at 9 points, including dives, video and devis.
Rearranging the letters in videous produces 24 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dies, dive and does. For points, 8 words tie at 8 points, including dive, dove and devi.
Unscrambling videous turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, due and ids. For points, the strongest plays are dev and vid — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in videous. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, id and is. For points, 5 words tie at 3 points, including do, id and de.
Swap a single tile in videous and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is devious, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from videous earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in videous produce 73 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 8 five-letter words, 24 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.