Unscramble NORTHERNNESS and you have 345 words, NORTHERNNESS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from NORTHERNNESS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 6 with 9, 16 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 11 letters.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in NORTHERNNESS: SHORTENERS, 13 points.
9 of 16 8-letter words you get when you unscramble NORTHERNNESS tie at 11 points; none scores more. NORTHERN, NONSENSE and RESTORES will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from NORTHERNNESS, 26 score 10 points, the group's best. RESORTS, RESTORE and SHORTER are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NORTHERNNESS; 50 of them share the top score of 9. SHEETS, HORSES and SHORTS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from NORTHERNNESS, the top score is 8, reached by 51. OTHER, THERE and THREE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in NORTHERNNESS; 43 of them share the top score of 7. HERE, THEN and HOST are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with NORTHERNNESS letters, 20 score 6 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and SEE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NORTHERNNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with NO · ending in SS · all 12-letter words
What NORTHERNNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US accepts NORTHERNNESS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHERNNESS itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 345) | 277 | 344 | 255 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: THRENOSES, THRONNERS, SHONEENS, THRONNER, HENNERS, HORNERS, NESHEST, ROTHERS, SHONEEN, SHORERS, THRENES, THRENOS and 56 more, 68 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHEROES, HOSERS, HOSER, SHERO, HOSS, RERENTS, SESH, SHEN, SOHS, STORERS, HOS, SHO and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NORTHERNNESS.