Unscramble NECESSITATES and you have 380 words, NECESSITATES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are NECESSITATE, CATTINESSES and TACITNESSES, 13 points each. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NECESSITATES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 11, 2 with 10, 14 with 9, 40 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
All 3 of the 11-letter words in NECESSITATES score 13 points.
SCATTINESS tops the 10-letter words made with NECESSITATES letters at 12 points; next comes TITANESSES on 10.
Among 40 8-letter words you get when you unscramble NECESSITATES, the top score is 10, reached by 22. CASSETTE and ESSENCES are the familiar ones.
36 of 60 7-letter words made with NECESSITATES letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. ESSENCE, ESTATES and INSECTS will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NECESSITATES, the top score is 8, reached by 52. ASSETS, ASSIST and STATIC are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from NECESSITATES, 48 score 7 points, the group's best. CASES, SCENE and ASSET are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in NECESSITATES; 40 of them share the top score of 6. CASE, EAST and NICE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with NECESSITATES letters, 13 score 5 points, the group's best. CAN, SEE and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NECESSITATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with NE · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CATTINESSES and TACITNESSES (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NECESSITATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NECESSITATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 380) | 314 | 379 | 290 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 66 of them: ECSTASISE, CANTIEST, CITESSES, ECSTASES, ECSTASIS, ESNECIES, CANIEST, CANTEST, CASSIES, SCEATTS, TIETACS, AESCES and 54 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: SCATTINESS, CASSENES, CASSINES, SENESCES, CASSENE, CASSINE, SENESCE, CENTAI, CENTAS, EENSIEST, TAENITES, ETICS and 11 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ASCITESES.