Unscramble RAININESS and you have 233 words, RAININESS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: SIRENIANS. The best shorter words score 8: 4 of them, AIRINESS, INSANIES and INSNARES included. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RAININESS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 11 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 15 with 2.
All 35 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RAININESS score 6 points. RAISES, INSANE and ARISES are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RAININESS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. RAISE, INNER and ARISE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from RAININESS score 4 points. NEAR, RISE and NINE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of RAININESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with RA · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
RAININESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RAININESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAININESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 178 | 233 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: INSANIES, INSANIE, SANNIES, RAINES, RANINE, SANNIE, SASINE, AESIR, ISNAE, NISSE, RAINE, RASSE and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: RAININESS, SARNIES, INNIES, NINERS, SARNIE, INNIE, NINER, REAIS, ARIE, NAES, NARE, RAIS and 2 more.
These 2 words take every letter of RAININESS plus a single extra one.