Unscramble SWIFTNESSES and you have 260 words, SWIFTNESSES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. SWIFTNESS is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SWIFTNESSES split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 6 with 8, 17 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 10 letters.
The best of the 7-letter words from SWIFTNESSES is FEWNESS, 13 points; FINESSE and FINESTS on 10 follow. FITNESS and WITNESS are everyday picks.
4 of 44 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SWIFTNESSES tie at 12 points; none scores more. NEWEST, FINEST and SENSES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SWIFTNESSES, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. SWEET, WINES and TWINS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from SWIFTNESSES, FEWS, WEFT and WIFE tie for first at 10 points. NEWS, WEST and FINE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words in SWIFTNESSES, FEW leads with 9 points, then EEW and EFS on 6. NEW, SEE and ITS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SWIFTNESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SW · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
What SWIFTNESSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SWIFTNESSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFTNESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 190 | 259 | 169 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EWFTES, WEFTES, WEFTE, FEWS, SWITSES, WESTIES, ENSEWS, FIENTS, SEWENS, SEWINS, SNIFTS, WEISES and 57 more, 69 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FINESTS, NEWSES, SWINES, TWEENS, FESTS, FEST, SENSEIS, EEW, FES, SENSEI, SISSES, TENESI and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.