Unscramble ILLNESSES to get 153 words. ILLNESSES itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ISLELESS, LENSLESS and LINELESS lead with 8 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from ILLNESSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 13 with 7, 26 with 6, 34 with 5, 43 with 4, 24 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Every one of the 26 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLNESSES scores 6. LENSES, SENSES and LESSEN are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from ILLNESSES come to 34, each scoring 5 points. LINES, SENSE and SELLS are the familiar ones.
All 43 of the 4-letter words made with ILLNESSES letters score 4 points. LINE, LESS and SELL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ILLNESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IL · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
ILLNESSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ILLNESSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLNESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 153) | 104 | 153 | 99 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
48 of the 153 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EISELLS, SENSILE, SESELIS, SILENES, EISELL, EISELS, ELSINS, ESILES, LESSES, LISSES, NELIES, NISSES and 36 more. 6 of the 153 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SENSEIS, SENSEI, ESNES, SENES, ESNE and ESSE. 1 of the 153 answers is missing from Scrabble US: NELLIE.
These 2 words take every letter of ILLNESSES plus a single extra one.