Unscramble LEASTWISE and you have 282 words, LEASTWISE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SWALIEST and WITELESS lead with 11 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from LEASTWISE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
27 of 60 6-letter words from LEASTWISE tie at 9 points; none scores more. WASTES, LEASES and SWEETS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LEASTWISE, 53 score 8 points, the group's best. WASTE, SWEET and ASSET are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in LEASTWISE, the top score is 7, reached by 50. WEST, EAST and LAWS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with LEASTWISE letters, 20 score 6 points, the group's best. WAS, SEE and ITS are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of LEASTWISE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with LE · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; AWELESS, LEWISES, WALIEST, WEASELS and WITLESS (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LEASTWISE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEASTWISE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 205 | 282 | 191 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 77 of them: SWALIEST, WITELESS, WALISES, WASTELS, WESTIES, ATWEEL, LAWEST, SEWELS, SWEALS, SWEELS, SWELTS, TEWELS and 65 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: WALIEST, SWILES, SWILE, WALIE, WALIS, WETAS, WALI, WETA, EEW, LIASES, EW, ATS and 2 more.
This word takes every letter of LEASTWISE plus a single extra one.