Unscramble DUSKNESSES and you have 167 words, DUSKNESSES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. DUSKNESS is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2U12S1K5N12E1S1S1E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DUSKNESSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 17 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 32 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in DUSKNESSES: DUSKNESS, 13 points.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DUSKNESSES is DUSKEN, 11 points; SKEENS and SKENES on 10 follow. SENSES, SENSED and ENSUED are everyday picks.
Among 45 5-letter words from DUSKNESSES, the top score is 10, reached by 11. NEEDS, SENSE and SEEDS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DUSKNESSES, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. USED, NEED and SEND are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DUSKNESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DU · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEKES, DESKS, DUKES, DUNKS, DUSKS, KNEED, NUKED and SKEDS (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts DUSKNESSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUSKNESSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 128 | 167 | 112 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: DUSKNESSES, DUSKNESS, DUSKENS, DUSKEN, EUKED, UNKED, DEEK, KEDS, SKENS, SUNKS, EUKS, KED and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: SKEDS, SKED, KUNE, SUKS, EEK, SUK, SUSED, UNSEES, ESNES, SENES, SUSES, UNSEE and 4 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DUSKNESSES spell the words below.