Jumble solved
Is SELFISHNESS a word? Yes.
SELFISHNESS is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 11 letters, worth 17 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 181 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 181
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 11 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 8
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 8 remaining consonants (S, L, F, S, H, N, S, S).
selfishness in a sentence
“Selfishness,- a vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of SELFISHNESS
One word uses all 11 letters:
- selfishness
11-letter words
1 word found10-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
3 words found7-letter words
15 words found6-letter words
24 words found+ 9 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
35 words found+ 20 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
53 words found+ 38 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
34 words found+ 19 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
15 words foundWords hidden inside SELFISHNESS
Without moving a single letter, reading selfishness straight through uncovers 8 shorter words — selfish, elfish, fish, ness, self, elf, and more. The longest unbroken run is selfish.
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Shorter words inside SELFISHNESS — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to SELFISHNESS
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and selfishness opens up 2 12-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).
- selfishness17
- fleshiness16
- fishless14
- fleshes13
- hisself13
- selfish13
- elfish12
- fishes12
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
11
Distinct
7
Vowels
27%
E, I, E
Consonants
73%
S, L, F, S, H, N, S, S
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Solving SELFISHNESS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters selfishness?
Rearranging the 11 letters in selfishness produces 181 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 11-letter answer selfishness here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does selfishness have any anagrams?
Using all 11 letters, selfishness rearranges into exactly one word: selfishness.
What is the longest word you can make from selfishness?
The longest solution is selfishness at 11 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from selfishness?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: selfishness yields eel, efs, elf, els, ens, ess, fee, feh, fen and fes. 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 "selfishness" used in a sentence?
Selfishness is itself a valid word. For example: "Selfishness,- a vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from selfishness scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, selfishness is the top scorer from selfishness at 17 points, followed by fleshiness (16), fishless (14) and fleshes (13). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside selfishness?
Read left to right without moving any letters and selfishness already contains 8 shorter words: selfish, elfish, fish, ness, self and elf (plus 2 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is selfish. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.