100 words come out when you unscramble USELESSNESS, starting with USELESSNESS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from USELESSNESS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 7, 17 with 6, 18 with 5, 30 with 4, 20 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 10 or 8 letters.
SENSELESS is the only one of the 9-letter words made with USELESSNESS letters; it scores 9 points.
These 2 words have the length of USELESSNESS, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with US · ending in SS · all 11-letter words
USELESSNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept USELESSNESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| USELESSNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 100) | 74 | 99 | 63 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
26 of the 100 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNSEELS, LEESES, LESSES, NEELES, NEESES, SESSES, SLUSES, UNSEEL, LEESE, NEELE, NEESE, SELES and 14 more. 10 of the 100 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: UNSEES, ESNES, SENES, SUSES, UNSEE, ESNE, ESSE, LUNS, LUN and SUS. 1 of the 100 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LUESES.
This word takes every letter of USELESSNESS plus a single extra one.