Unscramble HOLELESS to get 99 words. HOLELESS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HELLOES, 10 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HOLELESS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 22 with 5, 35 with 4, 21 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with HOLELESS letters: HELLOES, for 10 points.
Of the 35 4-letter words from HOLELESS, 14 score 7 points, the group's best. LESS, SELL and LOSS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HOLELESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
HOLELESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOLELESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLELESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 99) | 87 | 99 | 80 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
12 of the 99 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHEELS, HELES, SHEEL, HELE, LOSH, EHS, SELES, SELE, SESE, SLEE, LOS and EE. 7 of the 99 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOSS, SESH, SOHS, HOS, SHO, SOH and ESSE.