Unscramble EFFECTIVENESS to get 292 words. EFFECTIVENESS itself is a real word: 24 points on a Scrabble board, 27 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EFFECTIVES leads with 21 points. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EFFECTIVENESS by length: 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 10, 2 with 9, 7 with 8, 31 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 12 or 11 letters.
EFFECTIVES scores highest among the 10-letter words in EFFECTIVENESS at 21 points, ahead of EFFETENESS on 16.
EFFECTS and VENEFIC are the top 7-letter words from EFFECTIVENESS, 15 points each. FITNESS, ESSENCE and FIFTEEN will look familiar.
EFFECT scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EFFECTIVENESS at 14 points, ahead of EFFETE and INFEFT on 12. EVENTS, SCENES and INVEST are the ones most people know.
VIFFS tops the 5-letter words from EFFECTIVENESS at 14 points; next come FIEFS and FIFES on 11. EVENT, SEVEN and CENTS will look familiar.
VIFF scores highest among the 4-letter words in EFFECTIVENESS at 13 points, ahead of EFFS and FIEF on 10. EVEN, FIVE and FINE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with EFFECTIVENESS letters, EFF and IFF tie for first at 9 points. SEE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EFFECTIVENESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with EF · ending in SS · all 13-letter words
EFFECTIVENESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EFFECTIVENESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EFFECTIVENESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 292) | 221 | 290 | 197 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
70 of the 292 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VENEFIC, INFEFTS, INFEFT, CIVES, ESNECIES, FECIT, SENVIES, STEVENS, VENITES, CIVE, EEVENS, ESSIVE and 58 more. 23 of the 292 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIFFS, VIFF, NIFFS, FINESTS, NIFF, TEEVEES, SENESCE, TEEVEE, EENSIEST, FESTS, FEST, SEVS and 11 more. 1 of the 292 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FECESES. 1 of the 292 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.