Unscramble ALERTNESSES and you have 372 words, ALERTNESSES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are LATENESSES and REALNESSES, 10 points each. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALERTNESSES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 12 with 9, 37 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
The 10-letter words made with ALERTNESSES letters come to 2, each scoring 10 points.
Every one of the 37 8-letter words from ALERTNESSES scores 8. RELEASES and RESTLESS are everyday picks.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ALERTNESSES come to 60, each scoring 7 points. RELEASE, RENTALS and EASTERN are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALERTNESSES score 6 points. ASSETS, ALERTS and LENSES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from ALERTNESSES scores 5. LEARN, ENTER and LEAST are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in ALERTNESSES come to 60, each scoring 4 points. LAST, LESS and EAST are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words made with ALERTNESSES letters scores 3. ARE, SEE and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ALERTNESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
ALERTNESSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALERTNESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALERTNESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 372) | 301 | 372 | 281 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SERENATES, SNARELESS, ALTERNES, ALTESSES, EASELESS, SATELESS, SEARNESS, SLANTERS, SLENTERS, ALTERNE, ALTESSE, ELANETS and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TENSELESS, SARSNETS, STERANES, TESSERAL, SARSNET, ARENES, EASERS, ARENE, EASER, ESNES, LARNS, LARNT and 8 more, 20 in all.