Unscramble knees

Unscramble KNEES and you have 31 words, KNEES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: KEENS, SKEEN and SKENE. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

Looking for kense, sknee, eeskn, eensk, nksee, kesne, eekns, seken, eenks or nekes? They use the same letters as KNEES, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From knees

Words from KNEES by length: 4 with 5 letters, 13 with 4, 10 with 3 and 4 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with knees

KNEES and 3 anagrams, SKENE, SKEEN and KEENS, make up the 5-letter words in KNEES; each scores 9 points.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with knees

8 of 13 4-letter words made with KNEES letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. SEEN, SEEK and KNEE will look familiar.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with knees

Among 10 3-letter words you get when you unscramble KNEES, the top score is 7, reached by 4. SEE is the familiar one.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with knees

All 4 of the 2-letter words from KNEES score 2 points.

Change One Tile in KNEES

Trade one tile of KNEES for another and you can spell these 6 words:

E A gives SNAKE · words from snake
K V gives SEVEN · words from seven
K T gives TEENS · words from teens
K D gives NEEDS · words from needs
K U gives ENSUE · unscramble ensue
K E gives NEESE · words from neese

More 5-letter words: starting with KN · ending in ES · all 5-letter words

Definitions for the Top KNEES Plays

KNEES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

KNEES 9 · 10: to strike with the middle joint of the leg
KEENS 9 · 10: to wail loudly over the dead
SKEEN 9 · 10: a type of dagger
SKENE 9 · 10: a type of dagger
EKES 8 · 8: to supplement with great effort
KEEN 8 · 9: pertaining to enthusiasts
KENS 8 · 9: to know
KNEE 8 · 9: to strike with the middle joint of the leg

KNEES in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept KNEES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
KNEES itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 31)	23	31	21

* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 8 of them: NEKS, SKEN, NEK, ENES, SNEE, EEN, ENE and EE. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: EEK and ESNE.

One Extra Tile and KNEES Grows

With one more tile, the letters of KNEES spell the words below.

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