255 words come out when you unscramble LUSTINESS, starting with LUSTINESS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. UTENSILS is the best of the shorter words, at 8 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from LUSTINESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 20 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 17 with 2.
UTENSILS is the only one of the 8-letter words made with LUSTINESS letters; it scores 8 points.
All 20 of the 7-letter words in LUSTINESS score 7 points. TISSUES, LISTENS and INSULTS are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words from LUSTINESS come to 48, each scoring 6 points. ISSUES, LISTEN and SUITES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LUSTINESS score 5 points. SITES, ISSUE and LINES are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from LUSTINESS come to 60, each scoring 4 points. SITE, LIST and LINE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LUSTINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LU · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
LUSTINESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. LUSTINESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUSTINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 198 | 255 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 255 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INSULSE, INTUSES, SENSIST, UNTILES, ELSINS, INTUSE, LISSES, LUITEN, NISSES, SENSIS, SIENTS, SILENS and 45 more. 17 of the 255 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INTELS, TUILES, TULSIS, TUSSES, UTILES, INTEL, LITES, SENTS, ESTS, LUNS, EST, LUN and 5 more.
These 3 words take every letter of LUSTINESS plus a single extra one.