Unscramble WRETCHEDNESS and you have 378 words, WRETCHEDNESS itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 17: 5 of them, WRETCHED, WRENCHED and ESCHEWED included. The 12 letters split into 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from WRETCHEDNESS split into 1 with 12 letters, 11 with 9, 50 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
Of the 50 8-letter words in WRETCHEDNESS, 4 score 17 points, the group's best. CENTERED, SCREENED and WESTERNS are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words from WRETCHEDNESS, WECHTED and WENCHED tie for first at 16 points. RENEWED, DESCENT and SCREWED are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WRETCHEDNESS, CHEWED leads with 15 points, then CHEWER and CHEWET on 14. CHEESE, CHEERS and SCREWS are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 5-letter words in WRETCHEDNESS tie at 13 points; none scores more. HENCE, CHEST and CHESS will look familiar.
CHEW scores highest among the 4-letter words made with WRETCHEDNESS letters at 12 points, ahead of HEWN and HEWS on 10. NEWS, HERE and TECH are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble WRETCHEDNESS is HEW, 9 points; CHE and ECH on 8 follow. NEW, SEE and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of WRETCHEDNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with WR · ending in SS · all 12-letter words
What WRETCHEDNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WRETCHEDNESS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRETCHEDNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 378) | 284 | 378 | 263 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WECHTED, CHEWETS, NEWSSHEET, WHENCES, WHERENESS, CHEWET, STENCHED, WERSHEST, WRETHED, DECREWS, ENCHEERS, REECHED and 82 more, 94 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ESCHEWERS, ESCHEWER, SCENESTER, SENESCED, TWEENERS, TWEENESS, TECHS, ECHT, TECH, CREDS, CRED, EEEW and 9 more, 21 in all.