Unscramble SUNLESSLY and you have 102 words, SUNLESSLY itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1U12N12L12E1S1S1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SUNLESSLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 7 with 6, 17 with 5, 34 with 4, 28 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of SUNLESSLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SELSYNS and SLYNESS (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SUNLESSLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNLESSLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 102) | 73 | 102 | 69 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUNLESSLY, SNELLY, LYNES, SLEYS, SYENS, SYNES, LYNE, NYES, SEYS, SLEY, SULLENS, SYEN and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SUSES, LUNS, LUN and SUS, 4 in all.