Unscramble THICKNESS and you have 284 words, THICKNESS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 17 points, KITCHENS, THICKENS and CHEKISTS among them. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from THICKNESS split into 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 8, 19 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 17 with 2.
8 of 58 6-letter words from THICKNESS tie at 15 points; none scores more. INCHES, ETHICS and ETHNIC will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble THICKNESS, the top score is 14, reached by 7. THINK, STICK and THICK are the familiar ones.
CHIK, HECK and HICK are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble THICKNESS, 13 points each. TECH, SKIN and INCH will look familiar.
KHI scores highest among the 3-letter words from THICKNESS at 10 points, ahead of ICK on 9 and CHE on 8. ITS, SET and NET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of THICKNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TH · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
What THICKNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. THICKNESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THICKNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 217 | 283 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: CHEKISTS, CHETNIKS, KNITCHES, SKITCHES, CHEKIST, CHETNIK, KNITCH, SKITCH, CHIKS, SNICKETS, CHIK, KISHES and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: HICKEST, CHINSES, SITCHES, CHINSE, ICKS, SITCH, TECHS, ECHT, SHITES, TECH, KIS, KI and 4 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: SHIKSE.
With one more tile, the letters of THICKNESS spell the words below.