Unscramble ANCIENTNESS and you have 351 words, ANCIENTNESS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 8 of them, INSTANCES, INCESSANT and TENANCIES included. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ANCIENTNESS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 11 with 9, 18 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
INNATENESS is the only one of the 10-letter words in ANCIENTNESS; it scores 10 points.
Of the 18 8-letter words from ANCIENTNESS, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. INSTANCE and ANCIENTS are the ones most people know.
31 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ANCIENTNESS tie at 9 points; none scores more. ANCIENT, INTENSE and INSECTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ANCIENTNESS, 49 score 8 points, the group's best. SCENES, INSECT and INSANE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from ANCIENTNESS; 43 of them share the top score of 7. CASES, SCENE and ASSET are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in ANCIENTNESS, the top score is 6, reached by 40. CASE, EAST and NICE are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words made with ANCIENTNESS letters; 13 of them share the top score of 5. CAN, SEE and ITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ANCIENTNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with AN · ending in SS · all 11-letter words
The meaning of ANCIENTNESS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANCIENTNESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCIENTNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 351) | 286 | 348 | 271 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: CANTINESS, INSECTEAN, CANIEST, AESCES, ANETIC, CASSIE, CITESS, CTENES, ENIACS, NEANIC, SCEATS, SCIENT and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: CASSENE, CASSINE, INCENTS, CENTAI, CENTAS, INCENT, ETICS, SEITANS, SINNETS, TENNESI, TECS, ESNES and 6 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 3 of them: NANCIES, NANCES and NANCE.