229 words come out when you unscramble INEPTNESS, starting with INEPTNESS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from INEPTNESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 17 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 34 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INEPTNESS, the top score is 8, reached by 19. TENNIS and SPINES are the familiar ones.
33 of 60 5-letter words from INEPTNESS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SITES, SENSE and STEPS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with INEPTNESS letters, 34 score 6 points, the group's best. TIPS, STEP and SEEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of INEPTNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
INEPTNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. INEPTNESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INEPTNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 180 | 229 | 160 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: PENTISES, SPINNETS, PENTISE, PINNETS, SPINNET, NEPITS, PENIES, PINNET, NEPIT, PENIE, PENTS, PIETS and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: PENNES, SINNETS, TENNESI, NIENTE, SENSEI, SEPS, SINNET, TENESI, TENNES, ESNES, NENES, PST and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of INEPTNESS and one more.