Unscramble WILDERNESSES and you have 388 words, WILDERNESSES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from WILDERNESSES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 11 with 10, 15 with 9, 42 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
The best of the 11-letter words in WILDERNESSES is WEIRDNESSES, 15 points; SLENDERISES on 12 follows.
6 of 11 10-letter words made with WILDERNESSES letters tie at 14 points; none scores more.
Of the 15 9-letter words from WILDERNESSES, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. WEIRDNESS is the one most people know.
42 8-letter words you get when you unscramble WILDERNESSES; 12 of them share the top score of 12. WIRELESS and NEEDLESS are everyday picks.
26 of 60 7-letter words made with WILDERNESSES letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. DRESSES, LENDERS and ENDLESS will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WILDERNESSES; 28 of them share the top score of 10. DENIES, WILDER and WIENER are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from WILDERNESSES, the top score is 9, reached by 26. WINDS, WEIRD and WIRED are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 4-letter words in WILDERNESSES tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEWS, WERE and WIDE will look familiar.
DEW and WED share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words made with WILDERNESSES letters. NEW, SEE and END are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WILDERNESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with WI · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The meaning of WILDERNESSES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. WILDERNESSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILDERNESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 388) | 311 | 388 | 290 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 77 of them: SWEIRNESS, DESIRELESS, ELSEWISE, ENSEWED, REWILDS, SWEELED, SWEERED, SWEIRED, WINDSES, DWILES, ENDEWS, ENEWED and 65 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: WEEDLINES, SEWERLESS, SINEWLESS, SLENDERISES, WEEDLINE, SLENDERISE, SWILERS, LEERINESS, NEWSES, RINDLESS, SIDELESS, SWILER and 9 more.