Unscramble HALENESSES to get 219 words. HALENESSES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are HALENESS and SNEESHES, 11 points each. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HALENESSES split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 11 with 7, 35 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 9 letters.
16 of 35 6-letter words from HALENESSES tie at 9 points; none scores more. LENSES, SENSES and HASSLE will look familiar.
Of the 54 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HALENESSES, 18 score 8 points, the group's best. SALES, SENSE and LEASE are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HALENESSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SALE, LESS and SEEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HALENESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
HALENESSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HALENESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALENESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 157 | 219 | 145 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: HEALEES, HALSES, HASSES, HEALEE, SHEELS, EASELESS, HALSE, HELES, SHANS, SHEEL, ENSEALS, HASS and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: SESHES, LAHS, SESH, SHEN, AHS, LAH, ESNES, SENES, ESNE, ESSE, NAES and SAN.