Unscramble SLICKNESS and you have 192 words, SLICKNESS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. SICKNESS and SLICKENS are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SLICKNESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 11 with 7, 25 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 33 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Of the 25 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SLICKNESS, 9 score 12 points, the group's best. NICKEL, KISSES and SLICES are the ones most people know.
10 of 50 5-letter words from SLICKNESS tie at 11 points; none scores more. LINKS, LINES and LIKES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SLICKNESS letters, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. LIKE, LINE and LINK are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SLICKNESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SL · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
What SLICKNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SLICKNESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLICKNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 192) | 145 | 192 | 137 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
47 of the 192 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLEIKS, CLEIK, ICKLE, KISSELS, SILKENS, KISSEL, LISKS, SCISSEL, SKENS, EIKS, INCLES, LISK and 35 more. 8 of the 192 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SLICKENS, SLICKEN, KINLESS, ICKS, INCELS, INCEL, KIS and KI.
This word takes every letter of SLICKNESS plus a single extra one.