Unscramble SPEWINESS and you have 190 words, SPEWINESS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SWEEPS, SWIPES and WISENESS lead with 11 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SPEWINESS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 30 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 33 with 3 and 11 with 2.
WISENESS is the only one of the 8-letter words in SPEWINESS; it scores 11 points.
SWEEPS and SWIPES share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from SPEWINESS. SENSES, SEPSIS and SPINES are the ones most people know.
49 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPEWINESS; 6 of them share the top score of 10. SENSE, WINES and SPIES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in SPEWINESS, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. NEWS, SEEN and WINE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SPEWINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SWEEPS, SWIPES and WISENESS (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SPEWINESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPEWINESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 146 | 190 | 133 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPEWINESS, ENSEWS, SEWENS, SEWINS, WEISES, ENEWS, ENSEW, PENIES, SEWEN, SEWIN, SWEES, SWIES and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NEWSES, PWNS, SWINES, PWN, SENSEIS, EEW, SENSEI, SEPS, ESNES, EW, SENES, ESNE and 1 more, 13 in all.