Unscramble HARNESSES and you have 222 words, HARNESSES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ARSHEENS and RASHNESS, 11 points each. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HARNESSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 6 with 7, 31 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 31 6-letter words from HARNESSES, 17 score 9 points, the group's best. SHARES, SENSES and SHEARS are the ones most people know.
59 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HARNESSES; 20 of them share the top score of 8. SHARE, SENSE and SHEER are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HARNESSES, 22 score 7 points, the group's best. HERE, NEAR and SEEN are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of HARNESSES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What HARNESSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HARNESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARNESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 164 | 222 | 148 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ARSHEENS, ARSHEEN, HASSES, HEARES, HERSES, NESHER, HARNS, HEARE, HERSE, SEARNESS, SHANS, SHERE and 46 more, 58 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SESHES, SESH, SHEN, AHS, ARENES, EASERS, ARENE, EASER, ESNES, RESES, SENES, ESNE and 4 more, 16 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of HARNESSES plus a single extra one.