Unscramble WHATNESS and you have 233 words, WHATNESS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WHATNESS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 27 6-letter words made with WHATNESS letters, 8 score 12 points, the group's best. WASTES, ASSENT and WASHES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from WHATNESS; 14 of them share the top score of 11. WASTE, WANTS and ASSET are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WHATNESS, the top score is 10, reached by 14. NEWS, THEN and HEAT are the familiar ones.
HAW, HEW and WHA are the top 3-letter words made with WHATNESS letters, 9 points each. NEW, WAS and HAS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of WHATNESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with WH · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
What WHATNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WHATNESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHATNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 196 | 233 | 185 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WASHEN, WHATEN, SNEATHS, WHAE, ASHETS, HEASTS, SNEATH, TASHES, AHENT, ASHET, HEAST, SHANS and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHWAS, SHWA, WETAS, SESH, SHEN, AHS, EW, ATS, EST, SAN and TE, 11 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of WHATNESS plus a single extra one.