Unscramble FALLENNESS to get 211 words. FALLENNESS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 4 of them, FLANNELS, LEAFLESS and FANNELLS included. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FALLENNESS split into 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 8 with 7, 26 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among 26 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FALLENNESS, the top score is 9, reached by 9. LENSES, FALLEN and LEASES are the familiar ones.
19 of 56 5-letter words from FALLENNESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. SALES, SENSE and FALSE will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in FALLENNESS; 20 of them share the top score of 7. SALE, LESS and SELF are everyday picks.
Of the 40 3-letter words made with FALLENNESS letters, 10 score 6 points, the group's best. ALL, SEE and ASS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FALLENNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with FA · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
What FALLENNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FALLENNESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALLENNESS itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 154 | 208 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FANNELLS, FANNELL, FANNELS, FALSES, FANNEL, NEAFES, FEALS, FEENS, FLANE, NEAFE, ALLNESS, ELFS and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FES, ESNES, FE, NENES, SENES, ESNE, ESSE, NAES and SAN, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FALLENNESS.