Unscramble needs

Unscramble NEEDS and you have 38 words, NEEDS itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. 4 anagrams of NEEDS are on the page: DEENS, DENES, DENSE and SNEED, each 6 points. Among the shorter answers, 10 reach 5 points, NEED, SEND and ENDS among them. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

Looking for esedn, esdne, nesed, ndees, endse, edesn, eensd, eneds, snede or dsnee? They use the same letters as NEEDS, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From needs

Counting the words from NEEDS by length: 5 with 5 letters, 15 with 4, 12 with 3 and 6 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with needs

The 5-letter words made with NEEDS letters are 5: NEEDS itself and 4 anagrams, SNEED, DENSE, DENES and DEENS. Each scores 6 points.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with needs

15 4-letter words in NEEDS; 10 of them share the top score of 5. NEED, SEND and SEEN are everyday picks.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with needs

Among 12 3-letter words from NEEDS, the top score is 4, reached by 6. SEE, END and DEN are the familiar ones.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with needs

DE and ED are the top 2-letter words you get when you unscramble NEEDS, 3 points each.

NEEDS With One Letter Changed

Keep every letter of NEEDS but one, change that one, and you get:

More 5-letter words: starting with NE · ending in DS · all 5-letter words

Add two letters to NEEDS:

Meanings of the Strongest NEEDS Answers

What NEEDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

NEEDS 6 · 7
to have an urgent or essential use for
DENES 6 · 7
a valley
DENSE 6 · 7
closely and firmly united
DEES 5 · 5
the letter D
DENE 5 · 6
a valley
DENS 5 · 6
to live in a lair
ENDS 5 · 6
to terminate
NEED 5 · 6
to have an urgent or essential use for

NEEDS in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

Yes. NEEDS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
NEEDS itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 38)273825

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEENS, SNEED, DEEN, NEDS, ENES, NED, SED, SNEE, EEN, ENE and EE, 11 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EDS and ESNE, 2 in all.

Add a Letter to NEEDS

With one more tile, the letters of NEEDS spell the words below.

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