Unscramble DUSTINESS and you have 256 words, DUSTINESS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 4 of them, DISSENTS, DISNESTS and DISTUNES included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2U12S1T1I1N12E1S1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DUSTINESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 17 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 17 7-letter words made with DUSTINESS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 11. STUDIES, TISSUES and DISSENT are the familiar ones.
Of the 42 6-letter words from DUSTINESS, 24 score 7 points, the group's best. UNITED, ISSUES and ISSUED are the ones most people know.
43 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DUSTINESS tie at 6 points; none scores more. ISSUE, SIDES and SENDS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with DUSTINESS letters, the top score is 5, reached by 46. USED, SEND and SIDE are the familiar ones.
20 of 53 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DUSTINESS tie at 4 points; none scores more. USE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DUSTINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DU · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
What DUSTINESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DUSTINESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUSTINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 199 | 256 | 181 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DISNESTS, DISTUNES, DISNEST, DISTUNE, INTUSES, SDEINS, SENSIST, SISTED, SNIDES, STENDS, DENIS, INTUSE and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: IDENTS, TENDUS, DESIS, IDENT, SUSED, TENDU, TUSSES, DENI, DESI, SENTS, EDS, ESTS and 6 more, 18 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DUSTINESS spell the words below.