Unscramble ELVISHNESSES to get 273 words. ELVISHNESSES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. ELVISHNESS is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ELVISHNESSES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 10, 3 with 9, 10 with 8, 25 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 11 letters.
ELVISHNESS scores highest among the 10-letter words in ELVISHNESSES at 16 points, ahead of EVILNESSES and LIVENESSES on 13.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ELVISHNESSES, SHEEVES and SHELVES tie for first at 13 points. VESSELS and SLEEVES are everyday picks.
5 of 60 6-letter words from ELVISHNESSES tie at 12 points; none scores more. LENSES, SLEEVE and VESSEL will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in ELVISHNESSES; 4 of them share the top score of 11. LINES, SEVEN and LIVES are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with ELVISHNESSES letters are led by HIVE and SHIV, 10 points each. LINE, EVEN and LIVE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ELVISHNESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with EL · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HIVELESS (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ELVISHNESSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELVISHNESSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 195 | 271 | 176 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 78 of them: ELVISHNESSES, ELVISHNESS, ELVISHES, SEVENISH, SHINELESS, SHINESSES, VINELESS, ELSHINS, ESSIVES, SENVIES, SHINESS, SLISHES and 66 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: SLIEVES, SESHES, SLIEVE, ELVEN, LEVIS, VLEIS, LEVS, SENSEIS, SESH, SEVS, SHEN, VINS and 7 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: SHEENIES and SHEENIE.