Unscramble RESPONSES and you have 231 words, RESPONSES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are RESPONSE and ESPRESSO, 10 points each. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RESPONSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 15 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 39 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 38 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RESPONSES, the top score is 8, reached by 25. PERSON, SENSOR and SENSES are the familiar ones.
33 of 60 5-letter words from RESPONSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. PRESS, SENSE and OPENS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RESPONSES, 29 score 6 points, the group's best. OPEN, SEEN and ROSE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of RESPONSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
RESPONSES 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 RESPONSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESPONSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 181 | 231 | 167 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
50 of the 231 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERONES, POSSERS, REPONES, SPEOSES, SPERSES, NEPERS, PERONE, POSSER, PREONS, PRESES, REPONE, SPERSE and 38 more. 14 of the 231 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PEREONS, PRONES, PERES, PERE, SEPS, ESNES, POS, RENOS, RESES, SENES, ESNE, ESSE and 2 more.
These 7 words take every letter of RESPONSES plus a single extra one.