Unscramble ASSESSMENT and you have 257 words, ASSESSMENT itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
A1S1S1E1S1S1M34E1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ASSESSMENT by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 16 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 9 letters.
26 of 48 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ASSESSMENT tie at 8 points; none scores more. SENATE, ASSETS and ASSESS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from ASSESSMENT, the top score is 7, reached by 46. MEANS, NAMES and SEEMS are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words made with ASSESSMENT letters; 41 of them share the top score of 6. NAME, SAME and TEAM are everyday picks.
Of the 50 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ASSESSMENT, 16 score 5 points, the group's best. SEE, SET and MAN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ASSESSMENT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with AS · ending in NT · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SAMENESS and TAMENESS (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ASSESSMENT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSESSMENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 185 | 257 | 173 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEAMSETS, ENSEAMS, ENTAMES, MESETAS, SEAMSET, ENSEAM, ENTAME, MEANES, MEASES, MESETA, SEAMES, STEEMS and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MASES, ESNES, MES, ESNE, ESSE, ESTS, NAES, ATS, EST, SAN, TES and TE, 12 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of ASSESSMENT plus a single extra one.