Unscramble PASSIVENESS and you have 290 words, PASSIVENESS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. PASSIVES and PAVISSES are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PASSIVENESS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 26 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 10 letters.
VAINESSES is the only one of the 9-letter words made with PASSIVENESS letters; it scores 12 points.
26 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PASSIVENESS; 8 of them share the top score of 12. PASSIVE and SAPIENS are everyday picks.
6 of 60 6-letter words from PASSIVENESS tie at 11 points; none scores more. ASSESS, PASSES and SENSES will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in PASSIVENESS; 8 of them share the top score of 10. SEVEN, SAVES and ASPEN are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PASSIVENESS letters, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. EVEN, SAVE and PASS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PASSIVENESS, PAV leads with 8 points, then AVE and EVE on 6. SEE, ASS and SEA are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PASSIVENESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PA · ending in SS · all 11-letter words
What PASSIVENESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PASSIVENESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSIVENESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 232 | 290 | 219 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VAINESSES, PAVENS, VAINESSE, VESPAS, ESSIVES, PAVEN, SENVIES, VESPA, ASPINES, AVISES, ESSIVE, NAEVES and 46 more, 58 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PAVISSES, PAVISSE, VAPES, VAPE, NAVS, SENSEIS, SEVS, VINS, NAV, SENSEI, SEV, VIN and 1 more, 13 in all.