Unscramble VANESSID and you have 232 words, VANESSID itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: AVIDNESS. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from VANESSID by length: 2 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 18 with 2.
9 of 29 6-letter words from VANESSID tie at 10 points; none scores more. ADVISE, INVADE and SEDANS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VANESSID, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. IDEAS, SAVED and SIDES are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 4-letter words made with VANESSID letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. SAVE, IDEA and ENDS will look familiar.
DEV, DIV and VID share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble VANESSID. END, ASS and SEA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of VANESSID but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with VA · ending in ID · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AVIDNESS (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
VANESSID 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANESSID itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 171 | 232 | 152 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: VANESSID, VENDISS, AVISED, VENDIS, AVISES, DIVNA, VADES, VISNES, AVINE, AVISE, DIVS, SDAINES and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: DEVIS, DEVI, VIDS, NAVS, SEVS, VID, VINS, DESIS, NAV, SEV, VIN, DANS and 7 more.
These 4 words take every letter of VANESSID plus a single extra one.