Unscramble POLITESSE and you have 301 words, POLITESSE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 10 points, EPISTLES, PETIOLES and PISTOLES among them. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from POLITESSE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 30 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
22 of 30 7-letter words in POLITESSE tie at 9 points; none scores more. TOPLESS, PISTOLS and EPISTLE will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from POLITESSE, the top score is 8, reached by 47. SLEEPS, PILOTS and SLOPES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLITESSE score 7 points. POSTS, SLEEP and PILOT are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from POLITESSE scores 6. POST, TIPS and STEP are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in POLITESSE, the top score is 5, reached by 23. SEE, ITS and TOP are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of POLITESSE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EPISTLES, PETIOLES, PISTOLES, POETISES and POETLESS (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLITESSE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLITESSE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 301) | 252 | 301 | 236 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
49 of the 301 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PTILOSES, SLOPIEST, ELOPSES, POLISES, POSTILS, SEPIOST, ESTOILES, POSSIE, POSTIL, STOEPS, ELOPS, ESTOILE and 37 more. 16 of the 301 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: POSIEST, POSTIES, POLIES, POSTIE, LIPOS, LIPE, LIPO, SEPS, SILOES, POS, PST, PO and 4 more.
These 8 words take every letter of POLITESSE plus a single extra one.