291 words come out when you unscramble SUBTLENESSES, starting with SUBTLENESSES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. BLUENESSES, SUBLESSEES and SUBTLENESS are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SUBTLENESSES split into 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 10, 9 with 9, 11 with 8, 30 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 11 letters.
The 10-letter words in SUBTLENESSES come to 3, each scoring 12 points.
14 of 30 7-letter words from SUBTLENESSES tie at 9 points; none scores more. USELESS, SUBSETS and SUNSETS will look familiar.
Among 59 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBTLENESSES, the top score is 8, reached by 24. LENSES, SUNSET and SUBTLE are the familiar ones.
35 of 60 5-letter words from SUBTLENESSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SENSE, BLUES and TUBES will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in SUBTLENESSES, the top score is 6, reached by 32. BEEN, BEST and LESS are the familiar ones.
12 of 45 3-letter words made with SUBTLENESSES letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. BUT, USE and SEE will look familiar.
These 4 words have the length of SUBTLENESSES, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with SU · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
SUBTLENESSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBTLENESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBTLENESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 291) | 230 | 290 | 205 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
61 of the 291 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEBESTENS, SUBTENSES, TSESSEBES, UNBLESSES, SEBESTEN, SUBTENSE, TSESSEBE, NEBULES, SETNESSES, UNBLESS, BELEES, BENETS and 49 more. 24 of the 291 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SUBLESSEES, SUBLESSEE, BUSTEES, TENSELESS, BUSTEE, BESES, BUTES, SUETES, TUSSES, UNSEES, BES, ESNES and 12 more. 1 of the 291 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LUESES.
This word takes every letter of SUBTLENESSES plus a single extra one.