Unscramble IRRESISTANCES and you have 475 words, IRRESISTANCES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. CANISTERISES and IRRESISTANCE are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from IRRESISTANCES split into 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 12, 4 with 11, 25 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
All 2 of the 12-letter words in IRRESISTANCES score 14 points.
The 11-letter words made with IRRESISTANCES letters are led by CANISTERISE, INSECTARIES and RESISTANCES, 13 points each.
Of the 25 10-letter words from IRRESISTANCES, 15 score 12 points, the group's best. RESISTANCE is the one most people know.
60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble IRRESISTANCES; 44 of them share the top score of 11. INCREASES is an everyday pick.
All 60 of the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble IRRESISTANCES score 10 points. INCREASE, CRITERIA and CREATINE are the ones most people know.
The 7-letter words from IRRESISTANCES come to 60, each scoring 9 points. CERTAIN, CAREERS and CENTERS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words in IRRESISTANCES score 8 points. CENTER, CENTRE and CAREER are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words made with IRRESISTANCES letters scores 7. CASES, ACRES and CENTS are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble IRRESISTANCES score 6 points. CASE, CARE and CART are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from IRRESISTANCES, the top score is 5, reached by 16. ARE, CAN and ITS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of IRRESISTANCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with IR · ending in ES · all 13-letter words
The 5 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANCESTRIES, CAREERISTS, CRETINISES, INCREASERS and RACINESSES (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: IRRESISTANCES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRRESISTANCES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 475) | 373 | 473 | 338 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IRRESISTANCES, CANISTERISES, IRRESISTANCE, CANISTERISE, ACTRESSIER, RETIRACIES, SCENARISES, SCIENTISES, SERICTERIA, ANTICISES, CAIRNIEST, CREATRESS and 90 more, 102 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRETINISES, CRETINISE, INTERRACE, SCARINESS, TARRINESSES, CASSENES, CASSINES, CERESINS, EIRENICS, ENTERICS, RASTERISES, STARRINESS and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ASCITESES and TENIASISES, 2 in all.