Unscramble SMEARINESS and you have 324 words, SMEARINESS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. SEAMINESS is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SMEARINESS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 13 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
SEAMINESS is the only one of the 9-letter words made with SMEARINESS letters; it scores 11 points.
48 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SMEARINESS; 36 of them share the top score of 9. REMAINS, SEMINAR and MARINES are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words from SMEARINESS come to 60, each scoring 8 points. MARINE, REMAIN and MASSES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words made with SMEARINESS letters score 7 points. MEANS, NAMES and ANIME are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SMEARINESS scores 6. NAME, SAME and MAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from SMEARINESS, the top score is 5, reached by 26. ARE, MAN and MEN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SMEARINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SM · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SEAMINESS (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SMEARINESS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMEARINESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 324) | 238 | 324 | 224 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SMEARINESS, REMANIES, SIRNAMES, AMISSES, ENSEAMS, INSEEMS, MANISES, MESSIAS, MISERES, MISSEEN, MISSEES, REMANIE and 74 more, 86 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NEMESIAS, NEMESIA, RAMENS, RAMINS, SAMIER, MANIS, MASES, RAMEN, RAMIN, SARNIES, SENSEIS, MANI and 2 more, 14 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of SMEARINESS plus a single extra one.