280 words come out when you unscramble DECISIVENESS, starting with DECISIVENESS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DECISIVENESS split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 6 with 9, 13 with 8, 27 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 11 letters.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with DECISIVENESS letters: VISCIDNESS, 16 points.
Among the 7-letter words from DECISIVENESS, DECEIVE, DEVICES and EVINCED tie for first at 13 points. ESSENCE and INDICES are everyday picks.
DEVICE and VISCID are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DECISIVENESS, 12 points each. INSIDE, SCENES and DIVINE will look familiar.
VICED scores highest among the 5-letter words from DECISIVENESS at 11 points, ahead of CIVES and CIVIE on 10. NEEDS, SEVEN and SCENE are the ones most people know.
CIVE and VICE are the top 4-letter words in DECISIVENESS, 9 points each. NEED, EVEN and NICE will look familiar.
DEV, DIV and VID share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words made with DECISIVENESS letters. SEE, END and DIE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DECISIVENESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in SS · all 12-letter words
What DECISIVENESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DECISIVENESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECISIVENESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 204 | 280 | 187 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VISCIDNESS, VENDISSES, INESSIVES, VENDISES, VISCINS, INESSIVE, VENDISS, VISCIN, CIVES, DEEVES, ESNECIES, ESSIVES and 64 more, 76 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SENESCED, DISSEISEE, SENESCES, DEVIS, SENESCE, DEVI, VIDS, SENSEIS, SEVS, VID, VINS, DESIS and 5 more, 17 in all.