Unscramble HUMBLESSE and you have 195 words, HUMBLESSE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HUMBLESSE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 11 with 7, 23 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
HUMBLE tops the 6-letter words in HUMBLESSE at 13 points; next come BUSHEL and BUSHES on 11. MESHES will look familiar.
Among 48 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HUMBLESSE, the top score is 10, reached by 9. SEEMS, BLUES and BUSES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from HUMBLESSE, 11 score 9 points, the group's best. LESS, BLUE and BUSH are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HUMBLESSE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HU · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HUMBLES (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HUMBLESSE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUMBLESSE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 195) | 139 | 194 | 127 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: HUMBLESSE, MULSHES, EMBUSES, SEMBLES, BHELS, MULSH, SEMBLE, BHEL, EMBUS, MULESES, SHEELS, SHULES and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: HUBLESS, SHLUBS, SHLUB, SLUSHEE, SMUSH, MEH, BESES, SESH, BES, MES, UMS, ESSE and 1 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: HEBES and HEBE. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: LUESES.
These 2 words take every letter of HUMBLESSE plus a single extra one.