217 words come out when you unscramble LESSENING, starting with LESSENING itself: 10 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 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 LESSENING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 22 with 7, 35 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Of the 22 7-letter words in LESSENING, 16 score 8 points, the group's best. SINGLES, ENGINES and GENESIS are the ones most people know.
35 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LESSENING; 20 of them share the top score of 7. SINGLE, ENGINE and SEEING are everyday picks.
21 of 51 5-letter words from LESSENING tie at 6 points; none scores more. LINES, SENSE and SIGNS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in LESSENING, the top score is 5, reached by 24. LINE, SIGN and LESS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LESSENING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
LESSENING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LESSENING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESSENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 154 | 217 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 217 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEELINGS, GENNELS, GENNIES, GINNELS, LEESING, NEESING, SNEEING, GENNEL, GINNEL, LEEING, LIGNES, SENGIS and 51 more. 16 of the 217 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LENSINGS, EELINGS, EELING, GLISSE, SENSEI, ESNES, NEGS, NENES, SENES, SIGS, ESNE, ESSE and 4 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of LESSENING and one more.