Unscramble STARKNESSES and you have 327 words, STARKNESSES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from STARKNESSES split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 14 with 8, 51 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 51 7-letter words you get when you unscramble STARKNESSES, 19 score 11 points, the group's best. EASTERN, NEAREST and EARNEST are the ones most people know.
45 of 60 6-letter words from STARKNESSES tie at 10 points; none scores more. ASSETS, ASSESS and STAKES will look familiar.
The 5-letter words from STARKNESSES come to 60, each scoring 9 points. SEEKS, SNAKE and RANKS are the familiar ones.
55 of 60 4-letter words in STARKNESSES tie at 8 points; none scores more. TAKE, TASK and RANK will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with STARKNESSES letters, 16 score 7 points, the group's best. ARE, SEE and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STARKNESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The meaning of STARKNESSES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STARKNESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARKNESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 327) | 232 | 327 | 215 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 95 of them: SAKERETS, STARKENS, KRANSES, RENKEST, SAKERET, SKREENS, STARKEN, TASKERS, ANKERS, KANSES, KESARS, NAKERS and 83 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: STAKERS, KENTES, STAKER, KENTE, KETAS, KETA, SARSNETS, STERANES, EEK, SARSNET, STERANE, ARENES and 5 more.