Unscramble CLERKESSES to get 145 words. CLERKESSES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. RECKLESS and CLERKESS are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CLERKESSES split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 25 with 6, 35 with 5, 42 with 4, 20 with 3 and 5 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among 25 6-letter words from CLERKESSES, the top score is 12, reached by 5. SEEKER, LESSER and CLERKS are the familiar ones.
4 of 35 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLERKESSES tie at 11 points; none scores more. CREEK, CLERK and SEEKS will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from CLERKESSES is RECK, 10 points; EKES and ELKS on 8 follow. LESS, SEEK and SEES are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CLERKESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CL · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by RECKLESS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts CLERKESSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLERKESSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 145) | 103 | 145 | 99 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
42 of the 145 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLERKESSES, CLERKESS, SECKELS, SECKLES, SECKEL, SECKLE, KEELERS, KREESES, KEELER, KERELS, KREESE, SKEERS and 30 more. 4 of the 145 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SLEEKERS, EEK, RESES and ESSE.