HOTNESS

7 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What It Scores

HOTNESS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 T1 N1 E1 S1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In HOTNESS

145 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (11)

ETHNOS HONEST NOSHES ONSETS SESTON SETONS SHOTES STENOS STONES TOSHES TOSSEN

5 letter words (31)

ETHOS HENTS HESTS HONES HOSEN HOSES HOSTS HOTEN NESTS NOSES NOTES ONSET SENTS SETON SHENT SHETS SHOES SHONE SHOTE SHOTS SNOTS SONES SONSE SOTHS STENO STENS STONE THENS THOSE TONES TOSES

4 letter words (50)

3 letter words (36)

EHS ENS EON ESS EST ETH HEN HES HET HOE HON HOS HOT NET NOH NOS NOT NTH OES OHS ONE ONS OSE SEN SET SHE SOH SON SOS SOT TEN TES THE THO TOE TON

2 letter words (17)

EH EN ES ET HE HO NE NO OE OH ON OS SH SO ST TE TO

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.