175 words come out when you unscramble NUMBNESSES, starting with NUMBNESSES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. NUMBNESS and EMBUSSES are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
N12U12M34B34N12E1S1S1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NUMBNESSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 6 with 7, 23 with 6, 39 with 5, 54 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 9 letters.
23 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NUMBNESSES; 5 of them share the top score of 10. SENSES and UNSEEN are everyday picks.
Among 39 5-letter words from NUMBNESSES, the top score is 9, reached by 4. SEEMS, SENSE and MENUS are the familiar ones.
BUMS and NUMB are the top 4-letter words in NUMBNESSES, 8 points each. BEEN, SEEN and MENU will look familiar.
BUM scores highest among the 3-letter words made with NUMBNESSES letters at 7 points, ahead of BEE and BEN on 5. USE, SEE and MEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NUMBNESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with NU · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
What NUMBNESSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NUMBNESSES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUMBNESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 133 | 175 | 120 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
42 of the 175 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMBUSSES, EMBUSES, NEEMBS, SUBMEN, BUNSENS, EMBUS, NEEMB, SMEUSES, BUNSEN, MEUSES, SMEUSE, UNBEEN and 30 more. 13 of the 175 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BESES, UNSEES, BES, ESNES, MES, NENES, SENES, SUSES, UMS, UNSEE, ESNE, ESSE and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of NUMBNESSES plus a single extra one.