117 words come out when you unscramble STEEPNESS, starting with STEEPNESS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ENSTEEPS and STEEPENS lead with 10 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STEEPNESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 11 with 6, 30 with 5, 41 with 4, 19 with 3 and 8 with 2.
30 5-letter words from STEEPNESS; 13 of them share the top score of 7. TEENS, SENSE and STEPS are everyday picks.
Among 41 4-letter words made with STEEPNESS letters, the top score is 6, reached by 16. TEEN, STEP and SEEN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of STEEPNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
STEEPNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
STEEPNESS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEEPNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 117) | 83 | 117 | 72 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: ENSTEEPS, ENSTEEP, PENTS, SETNESS, SPETS, NEESES, NEPS, PENE, SPET, STEENS, TEENES, ETENS and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: SEPS, ESNES, PST, SENES, SENTS, ESNE, ESSE, ESTS, EST, TES and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of STEEPNESS plus a single extra one.