80 words come out when you unscramble CITESSES, starting with CITESSES itself: 10 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CESSES, CITESS and ECESIS, 8 points each. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CITESSES split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 15 with 5, 31 with 4, 20 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
These 6 words have the length of CITESSES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with CI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CESSES and ECESIS (8 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CITESSES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CITESSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 64 | 80 | 56 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 16 of them: CITESSES, CITESS, CESSE, TICES, CITS, TICE, CIT, SISTS, SESE, SESS, SIES, SISS and 4 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: ETICS, TECS, TEC, ESSE, ESTS, EST, TES and TE.
These 4 words take every letter of CITESSES plus a single extra one.