Unscramble CHIEFESS and you have 97 words, CHIEFESS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CHIEFESS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 17 with 5, 32 with 4, 27 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in CHIEFESS: SEICHES, for 12 points.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CHIEFESS is CHEF, 12 points; FEHS and FISH on 10 follow. FEES, SEES and SECS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CHIEFESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CHIEFS and FICHES (14 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CHIEFESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIEFESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 97) | 76 | 96 | 72 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
20 of the 97 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHIEFESS, SECESH, ICHES, SECHS, EECH, SECH, SICH, CHE, ECH, ISHES, CESSE, CH and 8 more. 4 of the 97 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SESH, FES, FE and ESSE. 1 of the 97 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of CHIEFESS spell the words below.