Unscramble ESSENTIALS and you have 353 words, ESSENTIALS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from ESSENTIALS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 9, 22 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ESSENTIALS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. EASIEST, ENTAILS and LISTENS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from ESSENTIALS score 6 points. LISTEN, ASSETS and ASSIST are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from ESSENTIALS scores 5. LEAST, ASSET and LEASE are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words in ESSENTIALS score 4 points. LAST, LESS and EAST are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words made with ESSENTIALS letters scores 3. SEE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ESSENTIALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ES · ending in LS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SALTINESS, SLATINESS, STAINLESS and STALENESS (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ESSENTIALS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESSENTIALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 353) | 271 | 353 | 251 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
82 of the 353 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAINTLESS, ALTESSES, ASTELIES, EASTLINS, SAINTESS, SATELESS, SEALINES, STANIELS, ALTESSE, EASTLIN, ELANETS, ENSEALS and 70 more. 20 of the 353 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SLATINESS, LITENESS, LENITES, SEITANS, SENSEIS, INTELS, LASSIS, LENITE, LIASES, ESNES, INTEL, LASSI and 8 more.
With one more tile, the letters of ESSENTIALS spell the words below.