Unscramble SUNLESSNESS and you have 101 words, SUNLESSNESS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. UNSENSES is the best of the shorter words, at 8 points. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
S1U12N12L12E1S1S1N12E1S1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SUNLESSNESS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 14 with 6, 17 with 5, 33 with 4, 21 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in SUNLESSNESS: UNSENSES, for 8 points.
Keep every letter of SUNLESSNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SU · ending in SS · all 11-letter words
What SUNLESSNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SUNLESSNESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNLESSNESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 101) | 78 | 100 | 65 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNSENSES, UNSEELS, UNSEENS, UNSENSE, LESSES, SESSES, SLUSES, UNSEEL, SELES, SLUSE, SNEES, ENES and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SUNLESSNESS, UNSEES, ESNES, NENES, SENES, SUSES, UNSEE, ESNE, ESSE, LUNS, LUN and SUS, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LUESES.