Unscramble LECTRESS to get 162 words. LECTRESS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. 7 shorter words score 9, among them SECRETS, SELECTS and CRESSET. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from LECTRESS split into 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 28 with 6, 43 with 5, 49 with 4, 24 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Among 28 6-letter words made with LECTRESS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 15. SELECT, SECRET and LESSER are the familiar ones.
14 of 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LECTRESS tie at 7 points; none scores more. STEEL, TREES and RESET will look familiar.
Among 49 4-letter words from LECTRESS, the top score is 6, reached by 12. LESS, TREE and REST are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LECTRESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LE · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CRESSET, RESECTS, SECRETS, SELECTS and TERCELS (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: LECTRESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LECTRESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 162) | 137 | 162 | 125 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: LECTRESS, SCLERES, SCREETS, CESSER, SCLERE, SCREET, CESSE, CREES, CREE, SLEEST, LERES, LESTS and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: CERTS, CERT, TECS, RESES, TEC, TERES, ESSE, ESTS, TRES, EST, TES and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of LECTRESS and one more.