264 words come out when you unscramble SARKINESS, starting with SARKINESS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 9 shorter words score 11, among them KINASES, SINKERS and ASKESIS. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SARKINESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 15 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 51 6-letter words made with SARKINESS letters, the top score is 10, reached by 28. RAISES, KINASE and ARISES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SARKINESS, 57 score 9 points, the group's best. RISKS, SNAKE and SKINS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SARKINESS; 58 of them share the top score of 8. RISK, SKIN and RANK are everyday picks.
19 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SARKINESS tie at 7 points; none scores more. ARE, AIR and ASK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SARKINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SA · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ASKESIS, KAISERS, KINASES, KISSERS, RESKINS, SINKERS and SNAKIER (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SARKINESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARKINESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 188 | 264 | 175 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SARKINESS, KARSIES, KRANSES, ANKERS, KANSES, KESARS, KISANS, NAKERS, NERKAS, RANKES, SKEARS, SKRANS and 64 more, 76 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RESKINS, RESKIN, SKRIES, KRAIS, SIKAS, KRAI, SIKA, KIS, SARNIES, KI, SARNIE, RAI and 1 more, 13 in all.
This word takes every letter of SARKINESS plus a single extra one.