Unscramble ALIVENESS and you have 289 words, ALIVENESS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: VASELINES. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALIVENESS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 10 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 17 with 2.
47 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALIVENESS tie at 9 points; none scores more. LEAVES, VESSEL and SLAVES will look familiar.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALIVENESS come to 60, each scoring 8 points. LEAVE, SEVEN and LIVES are the familiar ones.
46 of 60 4-letter words from ALIVENESS tie at 7 points; none scores more. EVEN, SAVE and LIVE will look familiar.
Of the 57 3-letter words in ALIVENESS, 15 score 6 points, the group's best. SEE, ASS and SEA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ALIVENESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AL · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
ALIVENESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALIVENESS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIVENESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 223 | 289 | 207 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
66 of the 289 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VAINESSE, VANELESS, VINELESS, SENVIES, VESSAIL, AVISES, ELVANS, ESSIVE, LIEVES, NAEVES, NEIVES, NEVELS and 54 more. 16 of the 289 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VASELINES, VASELINE, SLIEVES, SLIEVE, ELVEN, LEVAS, LEVIS, LEVS, NAVS, SEVS, VINS, VLEI and 4 more.
These 4 words take every letter of ALIVENESS plus a single extra one.