Unscramble WHERENESS and you have 156 words, WHERENESS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SHEWERS, 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from WHERENESS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 24 with 6, 39 with 5, 50 with 4, 28 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with WHERENESS letters: HERENESS, for 11 points.
Of the 24 6-letter words from WHERENESS, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. SERENE and SEWERS are the ones most people know.
8 of 39 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WHERENESS tie at 11 points; none scores more. SENSE, NEWER and SHEER will look familiar.
Among 50 4-letter words in WHERENESS, the top score is 10, reached by 5. NEWS, HERE and WERE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of WHERENESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WH · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHEWERS (13 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WHERENESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHERENESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 156) | 119 | 156 | 108 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: WHERENESS, HERENESS, WERSH, ENSEWS, HERSES, NESHER, SEWENS, SWEERS, ENEWS, ENSEW, HERSE, SEWEN and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: NEWSES, EEEW, SESH, SHEN, EEW, ESNES, EW, RESES, SENES, ESNE and ESSE.