Unscramble NORTHERNISES and you have 433 words, NORTHERNISES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, RHINESTONES, ENTHRONISES and NORTHERNISE lead with 14 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NORTHERNISES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 11, 10 with 10, 30 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
The 11-letter words made with NORTHERNISES letters come to 3, each scoring 14 points. RHINESTONES is the familiar one.
10 10-letter words in NORTHERNISES; 8 of them share the top score of 13. RHINESTONE is an everyday pick.
Among 30 9-letter words from NORTHERNISES, the top score is 12, reached by 21. THREONINE is the familiar one.
60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble NORTHERNISES; 40 of them share the top score of 11. NORTHERN, THEORIES and INHERENT are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 7-letter words made with NORTHERNISES letters score 10 points. NEITHER, SHORTER and THEREIN are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NORTHERNISES come to 60, each scoring 9 points. EITHER, SHEETS and HORSES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from NORTHERNISES score 8 points. OTHER, NORTH and HORSE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words in NORTHERNISES scores 7. HERE, THEN and HOST are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with NORTHERNISES letters, the top score is 6, reached by 26. NOT, ONE and ITS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of NORTHERNISES but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 5 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HERSTORIES, SHORTENERS and THORNINESS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: NORTHERNISES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHERNISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 433) | 336 | 433 | 314 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 97 of them: NORTHERNISES, ENTHRONISES, NORTHERNISE, ENTHRONISE, RHETORISES, THEORISERS, ETHERIONS, HERITRESS, NOSHERIES, RHETORISE, THEORISER, THRENOSES and 85 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: HORSIES, SHEROES, HIREES, HORSIE, HOSERS, ORIENTERS, ROSHIS, HIREE, HOSER, ORIENTER, ROSHI, SHERO and 10 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of NORTHERNISES and one more.