Unscramble GAINLINESSES to get 376 words. GAINLINESSES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 7 of them, SINGLENESS, GAINLINESS and GENIALISES included. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GAINLINESSES split into 1 with 12 letters, 7 with 10, 11 with 9, 38 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 11 letters.
The 10-letter words in GAINLINESSES come to 7, each scoring 11 points.
Of the 38 8-letter words from GAINLINESSES, 29 score 9 points, the group's best. ASSIGNEE is the one most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble GAINLINESSES scores 8. ENGINES, GLASSES and SAILING are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GAINLINESSES score 7 points. SINGLE, ENGINE and SIGNAL are the ones most people know.
55 of 60 5-letter words from GAINLINESSES tie at 6 points; none scores more. GLASS, SIGNS and ANGEL will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in GAINLINESSES, the top score is 5, reached by 51. SIGN, GENE and GAIN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with GAINLINESSES letters, 22 score 4 points, the group's best. AGE, GAS and INN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GAINLINESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with GA · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SIGNALISES, SINGLENESS and SLANGINESS (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GAINLINESSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAINLINESSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 376) | 277 | 376 | 253 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 99 of them: GAINLINESSES, GAINLINESS, GENIALISES, GENIALNESS, LESSENINGS, ENSEALING, GENIALISE, AGENISES, AISLINGS, ASSIEGES, NAILINGS, SALINISES and 87 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: AGILENESS, LENSINGS, SEALINGS, SEININGS, EELINGS, GLISSES, INNAGES, LIGNANS, EELING, GLISSE, INNAGE, LIGNAN and 12 more.