Unscramble WACKINESS and you have 244 words, WACKINESS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WICKENS leads with 16 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from WACKINESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
4 of 36 6-letter words from WACKINESS tie at 15 points; none scores more. KINASE, SNACKS and SNAKES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WACKINESS, 5 score 14 points, the group's best. SNAKE, SKINS and CAKES are the ones most people know.
CAWK, WACK and WICK are the top 4-letter words made with WACKINESS letters, 13 points each. NEWS, SKIN and KNEW will look familiar.
AWK, EWK and KAW share the top score of 10 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble WACKINESS. NEW, WAS and CAN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of WACKINESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with WA · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
What WACKINESS means, then the 6 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WACKINESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WACKINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 244) | 184 | 244 | 169 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WICKENS, ACKNEW, SWACKS, SWANKIES, WICKEN, CAWKS, SWACK, SWANKIE, CAWK, SAICKS, SKAWS, AWKS and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAKINESS, KNAWES, KNAWE, WANKS, WANK, ICKS, ACK, CASSINE, SIKAS, SWINES, SIKA, KIS and 3 more, 15 in all.