Unscramble NECESSITIES to get 237 words. NECESSITIES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NECESSITIES split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 3 with 9, 12 with 8, 19 with 7, 39 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 33 with 3 and 12 with 2.
SCIENTISES is the only one of the 10-letter words made with NECESSITIES letters; it scores 12 points.
Of the 19 7-letter words you get when you unscramble NECESSITIES, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. ESSENCE, INSECTS and INSISTS are the ones most people know.
Among 39 6-letter words in NECESSITIES, the top score is 8, reached by 17. CITIES, SCENES and INSECT are the familiar ones.
17 of 57 5-letter words made with NECESSITIES letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. SITES, TEENS and SENSE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NECESSITIES, the top score is 6, reached by 19. SITE, TEEN and SEEN are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of NECESSITIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with NE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
What NECESSITIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NECESSITIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NECESSITIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 173 | 237 | 153 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCIENTISES, SCIENTISE, CISSIEST, CITESSES, ESNECIES, CITESS, CTENES, SCIENT, CESSE, CTENE, SEITENS, SEITIES and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SENESCES, SENESCE, EENSIEST, ETICS, SENITIS, SENSEIS, SENSEI, TECS, TENESI, ESNES, SENES, SENTS and 8 more, 20 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of NECESSITIES and one more.