Unscramble POWERLESSNESS and you have 346 words, POWERLESSNESS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 14, among them POWERLESS, PROWESSES and RESPONSELESS. 13 letters: 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from POWERLESSNESS split into 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 1 with 11, 3 with 10, 13 with 9, 16 with 8, 50 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
RESPONSELESS is the only one of the 12-letter words made with POWERLESSNESS letters; it scores 14 points.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in POWERLESSNESS: WORSENESSES, for 14 points.
The best of the 10-letter words you get when you unscramble POWERLESSNESS is SLOWNESSES, 13 points; SOLENESSES and SORENESSES on 10 follow.
The 9-letter words from POWERLESSNESS are led by POWERLESS and PROWESSES, 14 points each. RESPONSES and SENSELESS are the familiar ones.
Among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble POWERLESSNESS, ENSWEEPS and SWEEPERS tie for first at 13 points. RESPONSE, ESPRESSO and PEERLESS are everyday picks.
Among 50 7-letter words from POWERLESSNESS, the top score is 12, reached by 7. PERSONS, LESSONS and SENSORS are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 6-letter words in POWERLESSNESS tie at 11 points; none scores more. PERSON, OWNERS and POWERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with POWERLESSNESS letters, 15 score 10 points, the group's best. POWER, LOWER and OWNER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POWERLESSNESS, the top score is 9, reached by 14. NEWS, WERE and SNOW are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words from POWERLESSNESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEW, ONE and NOW will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POWERLESSNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with PO · ending in SS · all 13-letter words
POWERLESSNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POWERLESSNESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWERLESSNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 346) | 259 | 346 | 243 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
85 of the 346 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RESPONSELESS, WORSENESSES, ENSWEEPS, ENSWEEP, WORSENESS, POWRES, SPREWS, LOWPS, POWNS, POWRE, SOWPS, SOWSSES and 73 more. 18 of the 346 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OWNERLESS, REPLOWS, SEWERLESS, REPLOW, NEWSES, PEREONS, PWNS, SELENOSES, SWOLER, WELP, PWN, SWOLE and 6 more. 2 of the 346 answers are missing from Scrabble US: WOPS and WOP.