Jumble solved
Is RECESSION a word? Yes.
RECESSION is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 11 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 307 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 307
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, E, I, O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (R, C, S, S, N).
recession in a sentence
“Mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of RECESSION
One word uses all 9 letters:
- recession
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
4 words found7-letter words
27 words found+ 12 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
67 words found+ 52 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
74 words found+ 59 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
73 words found+ 58 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
46 words found+ 31 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
15 words foundWords hidden inside RECESSION
Without moving a single letter, reading recession straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — cession, recess, cess, ess, ion, rec. The longest unbroken run is cession.
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Shorter words inside RECESSION — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to RECESSION
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and recession opens up 12 10-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
9
Distinct
7
Vowels
44%
E, E, I, O
Consonants
56%
R, C, S, S, N
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Solving RECESSION: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters recession?
Rearranging the 9 letters in recession produces 307 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 9-letter answer recession here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does recession have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, recession rearranges into exactly one word: recession.
What is the longest word you can make from recession?
The longest solution is recession at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from recession?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: recession yields cee, cis, con, cor, cos, eco, ens, eon, ere and ern. 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 "recession" used in a sentence?
Recession is itself a valid word. For example: "Mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from recession scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, recession is the top scorer from recession at 11 points, followed by ceresins (10), necroses (10) and necrosis (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside recession?
Read left to right without moving any letters and recession already contains 6 shorter words: cession, recess, cess, ess, ion and rec. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is cession. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.