Unscramble LANKINESS and you have 256 words, LANKINESS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LANKNESS and SEALSKIN lead with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LANKINESS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 13 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 45 6-letter words from LANKINESS, 20 score 10 points, the group's best. KINASE, ALIENS and INSANE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LANKINESS; 42 of them share the top score of 9. LINKS, LAKES and ALIEN are everyday picks.
47 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LANKINESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. LIKE, LINK and LAKE will look familiar.
57 3-letter words from LANKINESS; 18 of them share the top score of 7. ASK, INN and ASS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of LANKINESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LA · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of LANKINESS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LANKINESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANKINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 196 | 256 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENLINKS, SILKENS, ENLINK, KANSES, KISANS, KISSEL, LAKINS, SKAILS, IKANS, KAIES, KALIS, KISAN and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KINLESS, ALKIE, SIKAS, SIKA, KIS, KI, LIASES, LASSI and SAN, 9 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of LANKINESS spell the words below.