Unscramble WHERENESSES and you have 166 words, WHERENESSES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. WHERENESS is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WHERENESSES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 27 with 6, 40 with 5, 51 with 4, 28 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in WHERENESSES: HERENESSES, 13 points.
5 of 27 6-letter words in WHERENESSES tie at 12 points; none scores more. SENSES, SERENE and SEWERS will look familiar.
Of the 40 5-letter words made with WHERENESSES letters, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. SENSE, NEWER and SHEER are the ones most people know.
5 of 51 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WHERENESSES tie at 10 points; none scores more. NEWS, HERE and WERE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of WHERENESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with WH · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHEWERS (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WHERENESSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHERENESSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 126 | 166 | 114 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHERENESSES, WHERENESS, HERENESSES, HERENESS, WERSH, ENSEWS, HERSES, NESHER, SEWENS, SWEERS, ENEWS, ENSEW and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NEWSES, SESHES, EEEW, SESH, SHEN, EEW, ESNES, EW, RESES, SENES, ESNE and ESSE, 12 in all.