251 words come out when you unscramble ELVISHNESS, starting with ELVISHNESS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ELVISHES, HIVELESS and SEVENISH, 14 points each. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ELVISHNESS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 8 with 8, 19 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 13 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in ELVISHNESS: SHINELESS, 12 points.
SHELVES scores highest among the 7-letter words from ELVISHNESS at 13 points, ahead of ELSHINS and ESSIVES on 10. VESSELS is the one most people know.
Among 52 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ELVISHNESS, the top score is 12, reached by 4. LENSES, VESSEL and SENSES are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 5-letter words in ELVISHNESS tie at 11 points; none scores more. LINES, SEVEN and LIVES will look familiar.
HIVE and SHIV share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words made with ELVISHNESS letters. LINE, EVEN and LIVE are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of ELVISHNESS, with one letter different:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HIVELESS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ELVISHNESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELVISHNESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 181 | 251 | 162 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
70 of the 251 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ELVISHNESS, ELVISHES, SEVENISH, SHINELESS, VINELESS, ELSHINS, ESSIVES, SENVIES, SHINESS, SLISHES, ELSHIN, ESSIVE and 58 more. 19 of the 251 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SLIEVES, SESHES, SLIEVE, ELVEN, LEVIS, VLEIS, LEVS, SENSEIS, SESH, SEVS, SHEN, VINS and 7 more.