234 words come out when you unscramble LEAFLESSNESS, starting with LEAFLESSNESS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. FALSENESSES is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
L12E1A1F4L12E1S1S1N12E1S1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from LEAFLESSNESS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 3 with 10, 3 with 9, 7 with 8, 8 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with LEAFLESSNESS letters: FALSENESSES, for 14 points.
All 3 of the 10-letter words in LEAFLESSNESS score 13 points.
9 of 38 6-letter words made with LEAFLESSNESS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. ASSESS, LENSES and FALLEN will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LEAFLESSNESS, 20 score 8 points, the group's best. SALES, SENSE and FALSE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from LEAFLESSNESS, the top score is 7, reached by 20. SALE, LESS and SELF are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LEAFLESSNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with LE · ending in SS · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FALSENESSES (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: LEAFLESSNESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEAFLESSNESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 167 | 232 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: LEAFLESSNESS, ALLNESSES, FALSES, FEESES, NEAFES, EASELESS, FEALS, FEENS, FEESE, FLANE, NEAFE, ALLNESS and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: ASSLESS, FES, ESNES, FE, SENES, ESNE, ESSE, NAES and SAN. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALFS and ALF.