Is ESSES valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESSES, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is ESSES worth?

ESSES is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to ESSES?

ESSES takes 10 hooks: 10 in front and 0 at the end.

ESSES is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points

Yes. ESSES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.

e1s1s1e1s1

PlayableESSES · 5 letters · 5 pts Scrabble · 5 pts WWF

5points in Scrabble

5points in Words with Friends

5letters

10hooks available

1 in 285,180odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept ESSES?

Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand	Valid
Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand	Valid
Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries	Valid
Words with FriendsZynga word list	Valid

Word power: 52 / 100

52WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

7.2%

Our own measure of how useful ESSES is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for ESSES

Front hooks — 10

cesses8 desses7 fesses9 gesses7 jesses13 lesses6 messes8 nesses6 sesses6 yesses9

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How ESSES scores

Scrabble e1s1s1e1s1 5

Words with Friends e1s1s1e1s1 5

Face value of the 5 tiles in ESSES, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
e	2	12
s	3	4

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 285,180.

Words ending in ESSES

Showing 24 of 3666 words that end in ESSES. Useful as a back hook: play ESSES onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in ESSES

eses4 esse4 sees4 sese4 sess4 ess3 see3 ses3 ee2 es2

Common questions about ESSES

Is ESSES valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESSES, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is ESSES worth?: ESSES is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to ESSES?: ESSES takes 10 hooks: 10 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ESSES:

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