Unscramble ALOOFNESS to get 222 words. ALOOFNESS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1L12O1O1F4N12E1S1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALOOFNESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
5 of 25 6-letter words in ALOOFNESS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SEASON, LESSON and SALONS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from ALOOFNESS, the top score is 8, reached by 24. SALES, LOANS and ALONE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALOOFNESS; 29 of them share the top score of 7. ALSO, LESS and SELF are everyday picks.
Of the 50 3-letter words from ALOOFNESS, 14 score 6 points, the group's best. ONE, ASS and SEA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ALOOFNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AL · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
What ALOOFNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ALOOFNESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALOOFNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 181 | 220 | 171 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FALSES, FEALS, FLANE, FONES, ALSOONE, ELFS, FOEN, FONE, NEFS, OOFS, ALSOON, FAE and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FOOS, FES, FOO, OOF, SNOOSE, SOLOES, FE, NAES, ONO and SAN, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF, 2 in all.