Jumble solved
Is POSSESS a word? Yes.
POSSESS is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 7 letters, worth 9 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 28 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 28
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (O, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (P, S, S, S, S).
possess in a sentence
“Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of POSSESS
One word uses all 7 letters:
- possess
7-letter words
1 word found- possess59
6-letter words
1 word found5-letter words
3 words found4-letter words
7 words found3-letter words
9 words found2-letter words
7 words foundWords hidden inside POSSESS
Without moving a single letter, reading possess straight through uncovers 4 shorter words — posses, posse, ess, pos. The longest unbroken run is posses.
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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
7
Distinct
4
Vowels
29%
O, E
Consonants
71%
P, S, S, S, S
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Solving POSSESS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters possess?
Rearranging the 7 letters in possess produces 28 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 7-letter answer possess here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does possess have any anagrams?
Using all 7 letters, possess rearranges into exactly one word: possess.
What is the longest word you can make from possess?
The longest solution is possess at 7 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from possess?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: possess yields ess, oes, ope, ops, ose, pes, pos, sop, sos and es. 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.
How is the word "possess" used in a sentence?
Possess is itself a valid word. For example: "Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from possess scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, possess is the top scorer from possess at 59 points, followed by posses (8), pesos (7) and poses (7). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside possess?
Read left to right without moving any letters and possess already contains 4 shorter words: posses, posse, ess and pos. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is posses. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.