Unscramble POSSESSES and you have 49 words, POSSESSES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34O1S1S1E1S1S1E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from POSSESSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 6 with 5, 16 with 4, 11 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of POSSESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
POSSESSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POSSESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSSESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 49) | 40 | 49 | 36 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: SPEOSES, SPEOS, POSS, SESSES, SOSSES, SESE, SESS, SOSS and EE. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: SEPS, POS, ESSE and PO.