136 words come out when you unscramble INKINESSES, starting with INKINESSES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is KINESISES, 13 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INKINESSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 19 with 6, 32 with 5, 42 with 4, 24 with 3 and 8 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in INKINESSES: KINESISES, 13 points.
14 of 32 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INKINESSES tie at 9 points; none scores more. SENSE, SEEKS and SKINS will look familiar.
Of the 42 4-letter words from INKINESSES, 18 score 8 points, the group's best. SEEN, SKIN and NINE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of INKINESSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
INKINESSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INKINESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INKINESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 103 | 136 | 89 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
33 of the 136 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ESKIES, SKENS, EIKS, NEKS, SEIK, SKEN, EIK, NEINEIS, NEK, SIK, NEINEI, NISSES and 21 more. 14 of the 136 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KINESISES, SKINNIES, EEK, KIS, SENSEIS, INNIES, KI, SENSEI, ESNES, INNIE, NENES, SENES and 2 more.
These 2 words take every letter of INKINESSES plus a single extra one.