VARIA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. VARIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VARIA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VARIA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VARIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
variasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VARIA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VARIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does VARIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
formalliterary
A miscellaneous collection of items, especially essays, notes, or short writings on assorted subjects.
Varia is the Latin word for various things, and scholars have long used it as a heading for a bibliography section or journal issue that gathers short pieces too varied to group under one topic. Because it already functions as a plural in Latin, English writers use varia without adding an extra s, unlike most borrowed nouns. The word survives mainly in academic and literary contexts, where an editor might label a miscellany of notes, letters, or fragments simply as varia.
How VARIA is used
A learned, mostly written word; treated as a plural noun without a separate singular form in English.
- The journal's final section was titled simply Varia.
- His desk drawer was full of varia: old letters, stubs, and notes.
- The archive grouped its unrelated fragments together as varia.
- Scholars often skim the varia section for hidden gems.
- The editor added a short varia to close the issue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VARIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VARIA
23 longer words begin with VARIA.
Words ending in VARIA
2 words end in VARIA. Useful as a back hook: play VARIA onto a word already on the board.
Words with VARIA inside
Showing 24 of 36 words that contain VARIA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VARIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VARIA
Common questions about VARIA
- Is VARIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VARIA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VARIA worth?
- VARIA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VARIA mean?
- A miscellaneous collection of items, especially essays, notes, or short writings on assorted subjects.
- What letters can be added to VARIA?
- VARIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VARIA:
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