Jumble solved
Is LIKENESSES a word? Yes.
LIKENESSES is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 10 letters, worth 14 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 165 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 165
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (I, E, E, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (L, K, N, S, S, S).
Anagrams of LIKENESSES
One word uses all 10 letters:
- likenesses
10-letter words
1 word found9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
4 words found7-letter words
14 words found6-letter words
22 words found+ 7 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
38 words found+ 23 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
48 words found+ 33 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
28 words found+ 13 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
9 words foundWords hidden inside LIKENESSES
Without moving a single letter, reading likenesses straight through uncovers 9 shorter words — likeness, nesses, esses, liken, esse, like, and more. The longest unbroken run is likeness.
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Add one letter to LIKENESSES
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and likenesses opens up 2 11-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
10
Distinct
6
Vowels
40%
I, E, E, E
Consonants
60%
L, K, N, S, S, S
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Solving LIKENESSES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters likenesses?
Rearranging the 10 letters in likenesses produces 165 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 10-letter answer likenesses here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does likenesses have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, likenesses rearranges into exactly one word: likenesses.
What is the longest word you can make from likenesses?
The longest solution is likenesses at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from likenesses?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: likenesses yields eek, eel, eke, elk, els, ens, ess, ilk, ink and ins. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from likenesses scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, likenesses is the top scorer from likenesses at 14 points, followed by sleekness (13), kneesies (12) and likeness (12). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside likenesses?
Read left to right without moving any letters and likenesses already contains 9 shorter words: likeness, nesses, esses, liken, esse and like (plus 3 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is likeness. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.