130 words come out when you unscramble MESSINESS, starting with MESSINESS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. MESSINESS has 1 anagram here, MISSENSES, scoring 11 like MESSINESS itself. 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 MESSINESS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 19 with 6, 29 with 5, 38 with 4, 22 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Of the 29 5-letter words from MESSINESS, 16 score 7 points, the group's best. SEEMS, SENSE and MINES are the ones most people know.
Among 38 4-letter words in MESSINESS, the top score is 6, reached by 18. SEEN, MISS and SEEM are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MESSINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ME · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
What MESSINESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MESSINESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESSINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 88 | 130 | 80 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SENSISMS, INSEEMS, MISSEEN, MISSEES, SENSISM, INSEEM, MISSEE, SEMIES, MEINS, MENES, MESES, SEMIE and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SENSEIS, SENSEI, SISSES, ESNES, MES, SENES, ESNE and ESSE, 8 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of MESSINESS plus a single extra one.