Unscramble CHEEKINESS and you have 227 words, CHEEKINESS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, KEECHES and KENCHES lead with 16 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CHEEKINESS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 14 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 9 letters.
CHEEKS and CHINKS share the top score of 15 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CHEEKINESS. INCHES, CHEESE and SCENES are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 5-letter words from CHEEKINESS tie at 14 points; none scores more. SENSE, SCENE and HENCE will look familiar.
CHIK, HECK and HICK share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words from CHEEKINESS. NICE, SKIN and INCH are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CHEEKINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CH · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
CHEEKINESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CHEEKINESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEEKINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 177 | 224 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
50 of the 227 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KEECHES, CHIKS, KEECH, CHIK, KESHES, KISHES, CHINESE, EECHES, KESH, KISH, SECESH, ESKIES and 38 more. 13 of the 227 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHINSES, KNEESIES, CHINSE, ICKS, SENESCE, EEK, KIS, SESH, SHEN, KI, SENSEI, ESNES and 1 more. 3 of the 227 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: SHIKSE, SHEENIES and SHEENIE.