163 words come out when you unscramble RUNNINESS, starting with RUNNINESS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 7: 8 of them, SUNRISE, SINNERS and INSURES included. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1U12N12N12I1N12E1S1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RUNNINESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 24 with 6, 41 with 5, 42 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 6-letter words made with RUNNINESS letters come to 24, each scoring 6 points. NURSES, INSURE and ISSUER are the familiar ones.
All 41 of the 5-letter words from RUNNINESS score 5 points. USERS, ISSUE and INNER are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 42 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RUNNINESS scores 4. USER, SURE and USES are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RUNNINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RU · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of RUNNINESS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RUNNINESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUNNINESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 163) | 127 | 163 | 119 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUNNIES, UNREINS, ENURNS, ERINUS, UNREIN, URESIS, ENURN, NISSE, RESUS, RINES, RUSSE, SEIRS and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RUNNINESS, INRUNS, NINERS, INRUN, NINER, UNIS, SUS and UNI, 8 in all.