Unscramble CLERKLINESS and you have 346 words, CLERKLINESS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SILKSCREEN and SLICKENERS lead with 16 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CLERKLINESS split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 5 with 9, 26 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 12 with 2.
All 2 of the 10-letter words in CLERKLINESS score 16 points.
9 of 26 8-letter words from CLERKLINESS tie at 14 points; none scores more. LICENSES, RECKLESS and LIKENESS will look familiar.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CLERKLINESS; 17 of them share the top score of 13. LICENSE, ILLNESS and SCREENS are everyday picks.
24 of 60 6-letter words from CLERKLINESS tie at 12 points; none scores more. SKILLS, KERNEL and KILLER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in CLERKLINESS, 17 score 11 points, the group's best. LINKS, CREEK and RISKS are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 4-letter words made with CLERKLINESS letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIKE, LINK and CELL will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CLERKLINESS, ICK leads with 9 points, then EEK and EIK on 7. SEE, ICE and SEC are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CLERKLINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CL · ending in SS · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SILKSCREEN and SLICKENERS (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CLERKLINESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLERKLINESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 346) | 270 | 346 | 251 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLERKLINESS, CLERKESS, RICKLES, SCRIKES, SECKELS, SECKLES, CLEIKS, ERICKS, ICKLER, LENSLIKE, RESKILLS, RICKLE and 64 more, 76 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SILKSCREEN, SLICKENERS, SLICKENER, SLICKENS, SLICKEN, KINLESS, RESKINS, SELKIES, CERESINS, ICKS, RESKIN, SELKIE and 7 more, 19 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CLERKLINESS and one more.