330 words come out when you unscramble HERMITESSES, starting with HERMITESSES itself: 16 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ERETHISMS, ETHERISMS and HERMITESS, 14 points each. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HERMITESSES split into 1 with 11 letters, 7 with 9, 24 with 8, 49 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 10 letters.
4 of 24 8-letter words made with HERMITESSES letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. SEMESTER and MISTRESS will look familiar.
49 7-letter words you get when you unscramble HERMITESSES; 7 of them share the top score of 12. SISTERS, RESISTS and MESSIER are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from HERMITESSES, the top score is 11, reached by 15. EITHER, SHIRTS and THEMES are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 5-letter words from HERMITESSES tie at 10 points; none scores more. THERE, ITEMS and THREE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in HERMITESSES, the top score is 9, reached by 9. HERE, ITEM and MEET are the familiar ones.
HEM, HIM and MEH are the top 3-letter words made with HERMITESSES letters, 8 points each. SEE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HERMITESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ERETHISMS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HERMITESSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERMITESSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 330) | 262 | 329 | 239 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
67 of the 330 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HERMITESSES, ETHERISMS, HERMITESS, ETHERISM, SMEETHS, MEITHS, RHIMES, SEETHERS, SHEETIER, SMEETH, HERISSE, HIEMS and 55 more. 23 of the 330 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ETHERISES, SHMEERS, ETHERISE, RHEMES, SHMEER, EMESISES, MEISTERS, RHEME, HIMS, HIREES, MEISTER, SESHES and 11 more. 1 of the 330 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.