Unscramble DUTEOUSNESSES to get 294 words. DUTEOUSNESSES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DUTEOUSNESS leads with 12 points. The 13 letters split into 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2U12T1E1O1U12S1N12E1S1S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DUTEOUSNESSES split into 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 11, 3 with 9, 7 with 8, 20 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 12 or 10 letters.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words made with DUTEOUSNESSES letters: DUTEOUSNESS, 12 points.
Among 20 7-letter words from DUTEOUSNESSES, the top score is 8, reached by 11. DENOTES and SUNSETS are the familiar ones.
43 of 60 6-letter words from DUTEOUSNESSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SOUNDS, NESTED and UNUSED will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in DUTEOUSNESSES, 56 score 6 points, the group's best. NEEDS, SOUND and NOTED are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with DUTEOUSNESSES letters; 54 of them share the top score of 5. USED, NEED and DOES are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DUTEOUSNESSES, the top score is 4, reached by 24. NOT, ONE and OUT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DUTEOUSNESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with DU · ending in ES · all 13-letter words
DUTEOUSNESSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DUTEOUSNESSES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUTEOUSNESSES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 294) | 223 | 294 | 202 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
71 of the 294 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DETENUES, ENDOSSES, OUTNESSES, SEEDNESS, SETNESSES, DETENUE, DETENUS, DEUTONS, STEENED, DENETS, DESSES, DETENU and 59 more. 21 of the 294 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DUTEOUSNESSES, DUTEOUSNESS, DETUNES, DETUNE, TENDUS, DOUTS, NUTSOS, SUSED, TENDU, UDONS, UNDOS, DOUT and 9 more.