Unscramble WHIPLESS and you have 169 words, WHIPLESS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
W4H43I1P34L12E1S1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WHIPLESS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 15 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 31 with 3 and 13 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WHIPLESS are led by WHELP and WHIPS, 13 points each. WHILE, SHIPS and HELPS are the familiar ones.
PHEW and WHIP are the top 4-letter words from WHIPLESS, 12 points each. HELP, LESS and WISH will look familiar.
Keep every letter of WHIPLESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WH · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of WHIPLESS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: WHIPLESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHIPLESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 138 | 169 | 129 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
31 of the 169 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPLISH, WHISS, HESPS, PLESH, HESP, ISHES, LEISH, SLISH, SWIES, WEILS, WIELS, EISH and 19 more. 9 of the 169 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: WHIPLESS, HEPS, SWILES, WELP, SWILE, SESH, LIPE, SEPS and EW.