Unscramble NEEDINESS and you have 137 words, NEEDINESS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
N12E1E1D2I1N12E1S1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NEEDINESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 15 with 6, 36 with 5, 45 with 4, 27 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 36 5-letter words from NEEDINESS, 22 score 6 points, the group's best. NEEDS, SENSE and SIDES are the ones most people know.
Among 45 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NEEDINESS, the top score is 5, reached by 24. NEED, SEND and SIDE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of NEEDINESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of NEEDINESS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NEEDINESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEEDINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 91 | 137 | 81 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DESINES, DESINE, NEESED, SDEINS, SNIDES, DEENS, DENIS, DESSE, IDEES, NEESES, SDEIN, SEDES and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DESIS, SENSEI, DENI, DESI, ESNES, NENES, SENES, EDS, ESNE and ESSE, 10 in all.
This word takes every letter of NEEDINESS plus a single extra one.