Unscramble COMPRESSIONS to get 413 words. COMPRESSIONS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. COMPRESSION is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COMPRESSIONS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 11, 4 with 10, 19 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
The best of the 11-letter words made with COMPRESSIONS letters is COMPRESSION, 17 points; PROCESSIONS and SPOONERISMS on 15 follow.
MECONOPSIS and SCRIMPNESS are the top 10-letter words in COMPRESSIONS, 16 points each. PROCESSION will look familiar.
Among the 9-letter words from COMPRESSIONS, COMPOSERS and COMPRISES tie for first at 15 points. SCORPIONS is an everyday pick.
Among 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPRESSIONS, the top score is 14, reached by 5. SPONSORS, COMPOSER and PROMISES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPRESSIONS, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. PROCESS, PROMISE and CRIMSON are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from COMPRESSIONS; 4 of them share the top score of 12. PRICES, INCOME and COPIES are everyday picks.
COMPO, COMPS and CRIMP share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words in COMPRESSIONS. PRICE, COMES and CRIME are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words made with COMPRESSIONS letters is COMP, 10 points; CEPS and COME on 8 follow. PICS, CORE and MICE are everyday picks.
9 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPRESSIONS tie at 7 points; none scores more. MEN, PRO and ICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COMPRESSIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COMPOSERS and COMPRISES (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COMPRESSIONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPRESSIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 413) | 341 | 411 | 307 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MECONOPSIS, SCRIMPNESS, COMPERS, MORISCOES, COMPER, COSMESIS, COSMINES, CREMOSIN, MORISCOS, OPORICES, PERSICOS, COOMIER and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MOPINESS, POCOSENS, OPSONISES, OSSICONES, POCOSEN, IMPROS, OPSONISE, OSSICONE, SPOONERS, COSMO, EMICS, IMPRO and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP, 2 in all.