Unscramble NEEDLESSLY to get 195 words. NEEDLESSLY itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
N12E1E1D2L12E1S1S1L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from NEEDLESSLY split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 7 with 7, 22 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 35 with 3 and 9 with 2.
ENDLESSLY is the only one of the 9-letter words made with NEEDLESSLY letters; it scores 13 points.
5 of 22 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NEEDLESSLY tie at 10 points; none scores more. LENSES, NEEDLE and LESSEE will look familiar.
Among 56 5-letter words from NEEDLESSLY, the top score is 9, reached by 11. NEEDS, SENSE and SEEDS are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 4-letter words in NEEDLESSLY tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEED, SEND and LESS will look familiar.
These 2 words have the length of NEEDLESSLY, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with NE · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
What NEEDLESSLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NEEDLESSLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEEDLESSLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 195) | 134 | 195 | 125 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: DESYNES, ENDYSES, DESYNE, NEEDLY, DEELY, SELDSEEN, SEYENS, SNELLY, SYNDS, SYNED, YEDES, YEEDS and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: EENSY, EELED, LEDES, ESNES, LEDE, SENES, EDS, ESNE and ESSE.