Unscramble GLOSSEMES and you have 163 words, GLOSSEMES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. GLOSSEME and SMOGLESS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GLOSSEMES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 11 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 35 5-letter words from GLOSSEMES, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. SEEMS, LOSES and GLOSS are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 4-letter words from GLOSSEMES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SOME, LESS and LOSS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of GLOSSEMES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with GL · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
GLOSSEMES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GLOSSEMES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLOSSEMES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 163) | 117 | 163 | 108 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GEMELS, GEMEL, MESELS, ELOGES, GESSES, GOSSES, LEMES, LOMES, MESEL, MESES, MOSES, SEGOLS and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MEGS, EMOS, MEG, SOMS, EMO, MES, SOM, ESSE and GOS, 9 in all.