Unscramble KNIFELESS and you have 236 words, KNIFELESS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 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.
By length, the words from KNIFELESS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 16 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 35 6-letter words you get when you unscramble KNIFELESS, the top score is 13, reached by 4. LENSES, FELINE and LESSEN are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 5-letter words from KNIFELESS tie at 12 points; none scores more. LINKS, FILES and FEELS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from KNIFELESS, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. LIKE, LIFE and FILE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in KNIFELESS, KEF and KIF tie for first at 10 points. SEE, FEE and SKI are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of KNIFELESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with KN · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by KNIFES (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
KNIFELESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNIFELESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 174 | 235 | 160 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: KNIFELESS, FLEEKS, FLISKS, SKELFS, FENKS, FIKES, FISKS, FLEEK, FLISK, SKEEF, SKELF, FIKE and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: FILKS, FILK, KINLESS, SELKIES, SELFIES, SELKIE, SELFIE, EEK, KIS, FES, KI, SENSEI and 2 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
This word takes every letter of KNIFELESS plus a single extra one.