166 words come out when you unscramble SELECTNESS, starting with SELECTNESS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SCENTLESS, 11 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SELECTNESS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 4 with 8, 11 with 7, 24 with 6, 40 with 5, 52 with 4, 24 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Of the 24 6-letter words from SELECTNESS, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. SELECT, SCENES and LENSES are the ones most people know.
Among 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SELECTNESS, the top score is 7, reached by 10. TEENS, SENSE and STEEL are the familiar ones.
10 of 52 4-letter words from SELECTNESS tie at 6 points; none scores more. TEEN, LESS and SEEN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SELECTNESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with SE · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
What SELECTNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SELECTNESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELECTNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 124 | 166 | 110 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
42 of the 166 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CTENES, CESSE, CTENE, SETNESS, CENS, LEESES, LESSES, NEELES, NEESES, SLEEST, STEENS, TEENES and 30 more. 14 of the 166 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SENESCES, SENESCE, TENSELESS, TECS, ESNES, SENES, SENTS, TEC, ESNE, ESSE, ESTS, EST and 2 more.