Unscramble SHOWINESS and you have 225 words, SHOWINESS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WHOSISES leads with 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SHOWINESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 32 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 23 with 2.
WHOSISES is the only one of the 8-letter words in SHOWINESS; it scores 14 points.
Of the 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOWINESS, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. WISHES, SHINES and NOISES are the ones most people know.
Among 49 5-letter words from SHOWINESS, the top score is 11, reached by 12. SHOWS, SHOES and SHOWN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOWINESS, 10 score 10 points, the group's best. NEWS, SHOW and WISH are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words from SHOWINESS are led by HEW, HOW and WHO, 9 points each. NEW, ONE and NOW are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SHOWINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of SHOWINESS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHOWINESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOWINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 183 | 225 | 170 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
42 of the 225 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SNOWISH, WHISSES, WHIOS, WHISS, SHINESS, WHIO, NISHES, SEWINS, SHISOS, SOWNES, SOWSES, SOWSSE and 30 more. 13 of the 225 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOSSES, SWINES, OWIES, HOSS, OWIE, SESH, SHEN, SOHS, HOS, SHO, SOH, EW and 1 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHOWINESS and one more.