147 words come out when you unscramble LOSTNESS, starting with LOSTNESS itself: 8 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 7, among them LESSONS, SESTONS and SONLESS. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LOSTNESS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 33 with 5, 52 with 4, 29 with 3 and 14 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LOSTNESS come to 33, each scoring 5 points. NOTES, STONE and TONES are the familiar ones.
All 52 of the 4-letter words from LOSTNESS score 4 points. NOTE, LESS and LOSS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of LOSTNESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with LO · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
LOSTNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LOSTNESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOSTNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 147) | 121 | 147 | 116 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
26 of the 147 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SESTONS, SESTON, SONSES, TOSSEN, LESTS, LOSEN, LOTES, NOLES, OLENT, SONSE, STENS, STOLN and 14 more. 5 of the 147 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SENTS, ESTS, EST, TES and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of LOSTNESS plus a single extra one.