Unscramble NETHELESS and you have 172 words, NETHELESS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 10 points, ETHENES, LETHEES and NESHEST among them. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from NETHELESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 23 with 6, 44 with 5, 57 with 4, 28 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 44 5-letter words from NETHELESS, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. TEENS, SENSE and STEEL are the ones most people know.
57 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NETHELESS; 16 of them share the top score of 7. THEN, TEEN and LESS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of NETHELESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ETHENES and SEETHES (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NETHELESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NETHELESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 120 | 172 | 109 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: NETHELESS, LETHEES, NESHEST, LETHEE, SHEELS, ETHNE, HELES, HETES, SHEEL, SHETS, THEES, ETHE and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: SESH, SHEN, ESNES, SENES, SENTS, ESNE, ESSE, ESTS, EST, TES and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of NETHELESS plus a single extra one.