333 words come out when you unscramble ESSENTIAL, starting with ESSENTIAL itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 8: 13 of them, LATENESS, ASTELIES and EASTLINS included. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ESSENTIAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 13 with 8, 55 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
All 55 of the 7-letter words made with ESSENTIAL letters score 7 points. EASIEST, ENTAILS and LISTENS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from ESSENTIAL scores 6. LISTEN, LENSES and SAINTS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ESSENTIAL come to 60, each scoring 5 points. LEAST, LINES and ASSET are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words in ESSENTIAL scores 4. LAST, LESS and EAST are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 3-letter words made with ESSENTIAL letters score 3 points. SEE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ESSENTIAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ES · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ELASTINS, ETESIANS, LATENESS, LITENESS, NAILSETS, SALIENTS, SALTINES and SETLINES (8 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ESSENTIAL works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESSENTIAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 333) | 263 | 333 | 245 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: ASTELIES, EASTLINS, SEALINES, STANIELS, ALTESSE, EASTLIN, ELANETS, ENSEALS, SEALINE, SEITENS, SENSILE, SILENES and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: LITENESS, LENITES, SEITANS, INTELS, LENITE, LIASES, SEITAN, ESNES, INTEL, LASSI, ESNE, ESSE and 6 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of ESSENTIAL and one more.