Unscramble HERDESSES and you have 111 words, HERDESSES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 11 points, HEEDERS, HERDESS and HEREDES among them. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HERDESSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 17 with 6, 29 with 5, 30 with 4, 17 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 29 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HERDESSES, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. DRESS, SEEDS and SHEER are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HERDESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HEEDERS, HEREDES and SHEERED (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts HERDESSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERDESSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 111) | 86 | 111 | 81 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: HERDESSES, HERDESS, HERSED, HERSES, EHED, HERSE, SHERE, DEERES, DESSES, REEDES, REHS, SESSED and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: SESHES, SESH, RESES, EDS and ESSE.
This word takes every letter of HERDESSES plus a single extra one.