politeness needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 666 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
politeness is the highest-scoring word from politeness, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 666 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in politeness — and it is politeness itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling politeness turns up 2 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with pointless. For points, the strongest plays are pointless and politesse — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 18 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in politeness. If a familiar word is all you need, start with plenties. For points, the strongest plays are epistles, epsilons, penlites, pentoses, petioles, pistoles, plenists, plenties, poetises, poetless, posteens, potlines, and toplines — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in politeness produces 81 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with listens, penises, and topless. For points, the strongest plays are epistle, epsilon, insteps, leptins, leptons, openest, pelisse, pelites, penises, penlite, pensile, pensils, pentose, peonies, pestles, petiole, pinless, pinoles, pintles, pintoes, piolets, pistole, pistols, pistons, plenist, poesies, poetess, poetise, pointes, pontils, posiest, posteen, posties, postins, poteens, potline, potsies, sopites, spinels, spinets, spinose, spintos, spleens, splents, splines, splints, stepson, stipels, tipless, topless, and topline — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling politeness turns up 137 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lesson, listen, noises, pilots, points, polite, and ponies. For points, the strongest plays are elopes, eposes, espies, estops, inspos, instep, leptin, lepton, netops, opines, opsins, peises, pelite, penile, pensil, peones, pestle, pestos, pilose, pilots, pinole, pinots, pintle, pintos, piolet, pistes, pistol, piston, pitons, pleons, plisse, pointe, points, poises, poleis, polies, polite, ponies, pontes, pontil, posies, posits, posset, postie, postin, poteen, potsie, ptoses, ptosis, sleeps, slipes, slopes, snipes, sopite, speels, speils, speise, spelts, spense, spiels, spiles, spinel, spines, spinet, spinto, spites, spleen, splent, spline, splint, splits, spoils, spoilt, steeps, stipel, stipes, stopes, and topees — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 166 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in politeness. If a familiar word is all you need, start with sense, sites, sleep, slept, slips, slots, and spelt. For points, the strongest plays are seeps, septs, sipes, sleep, slept, slipe, slips, slipt, slope, slops, snipe, snips, speel, speil, spelt, spent, spiel, spies, spile, spilt, spine, spins, spite, spits, split, spoil, spots, steep, steps, stipe, stope, stops, elope, estop, inept, inspo, lipos, lisps, lopes, neeps, netop, opens, opine, opsin, peels, peens, peins, peise, peles, pelon, pelts, penes, penis, peons, pesos, pesto, pests, piles, pilot, pines, pinot, pinto, pints, pions, pisos, piste, piton, pleon, plies, plots, poets, point, poise, poles, polis, pones, poses, posit, posse, posts, topee, topes, and topis — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in politeness produces 162 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lent, less, lets, lies, line, lion, and lips. For points, the strongest plays are lept, lipe, lipo, lips, lisp, lope, lops, neep, nips, nope, open, opes, opts, peel, peen, pees, pein, pele, pelt, pens, pent, peon, peso, pest, pets, pies, pile, pine, pins, pint, pion, piso, piss, pits, plie, plot, poet, pois, pole, pols, pone, pons, pose, post, pots, psis, psst, seep, seps, sept, sipe, sips, slip, slop, snip, sops, spin, spit, spot, step, stop, epos, tips, tope, topi, and tops — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling politeness turns up 75 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with its, let, lie, lip, lit, lot, and net. For points, the strongest plays are lip, lop, nip, ope, ops, opt, pee, pen, pes, pet, pie, pin, pis, pit, poi, pol, pos, pot, psi, pst, sip, sop, tip, and top — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 24 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in politeness. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in, is, it, no, on, so, and to. For points, the strongest plays are op, pe, pi, and po — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in politeness plus one additional letter.
politeness is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record two senses for politeness. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
politeness is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing politeness unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is politeness, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from politeness earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in politeness produce 666 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 18 eight-letter words, 81 seven-letter words, 137 six-letter words, 166 five-letter words, 162 four-letter words, 75 three-letter words and 24 two-letter words.