Unscramble COMPRESSES to get 262 words. COMPRESSES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are COMPRESS, COMPEERS and COMPERES, 14 points each. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COMPRESSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 19 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in COMPRESSES: PROCESSES, 13 points.
COMPEER, COMPERE and COMPERS are the top 7-letter words from COMPRESSES, 13 points each. PROCESS, CROSSES and PRESSES will look familiar.
COMPER scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPRESSES at 12 points, ahead of COMERS and COPERS on 10. SCORES, CORPSE and SCOPES are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from COMPRESSES is COMPS, 11 points; CEPES and COMER on 9 follow. CROSS, COMES and SPECS are everyday picks.
COMP scores highest among the 4-letter words in COMPRESSES at 10 points, ahead of CEPE and CEPS on 8. MORE, COME and CORE are the ones most people know.
6 of 52 3-letter words made with COMPRESSES letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. SEE, PRO and SEC will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COMPRESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
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What COMPRESSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
COMPRESSES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPRESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 208 | 262 | 191 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COMPERS, COMPER, COSMESES, SCROMES, CROMES, PERCES, PRECES, SCROME, SEMPER, CESSERS, CREMS, CREPS and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MERCES, MERCS, PERCS, MERC, PERC, PERES, CORS, ECOS, EMOS, PERE, ECO, EMO and 5 more, 17 in all.