Unscramble HONESTNESSES and you have 255 words, HONESTNESSES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HONESTNESSES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 10, 5 with 9, 6 with 8, 15 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 11 letters.
The 10-letter words in HONESTNESSES come to 2, each scoring 13 points.
14 of 45 6-letter words made with HONESTNESSES letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. SHEETS, STONES and HONEST will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HONESTNESSES, 23 score 8 points, the group's best. SHOES, NOTES and TEENS are the ones most people know.
29 of 60 4-letter words from HONESTNESSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. THEN, NOTE and NONE will look familiar.
Of the 43 3-letter words in HONESTNESSES, 17 score 6 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and SEE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HONESTNESSES for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HOSTESSES and HOTNESSES (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HONESTNESSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HONESTNESSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 189 | 255 | 166 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 66 of them: HONESTNESSES, HONESTNESS, NESHNESSES, NESHNESS, SHONEENS, NESHEST, SHONEEN, EOTHEN, SETNESSES, ETHNE, HETES, HOTEN and 54 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: HOSSES, SESHES, HOSS, SESH, SHEN, SOHS, HOS, SHO, SOH, TENNES, TENNOS, ESNES and 11 more.