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Words containing NES

Words that have the letters NES in a row, in that order: handy when a board square or a clue gives you a chunk to build around. All playable on Wordtide's board. There are 6,539 playable words containing NES in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 11 letters, and the longest word is ACCEPTINGNESSES. The highest-scoring is BENZODIAZEPINES, worth 36 points.

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Popular words containing NES

EFFECTIVENESS25
MAGAZINES20
COMPLETENESS18
CONSCIOUSNESS18
EXAMINES16
LAZINESS16
THICKNESS16
WEAKNESSES16
BRIGHTNESS15
HAPPINESS15
SUBROUTINES15
USEFULNESS15
COMBINES14
INTERVENES14
MACHINES14
TELEPHONES14
WEAKNESS14
WITNESSING14

Highest-scoring words containing NES

Points are Wordtide tile values before bonus squares. Rare letters pay most: J, Q and Z are worth 9, X is 7.

BENZODIAZEPINES36
JAZZINESSES35
JAZZINESS33
HYDROXYZINES33
PHENYLBUTAZONES32
REJUVENESCENCES32
FUZZINESSES31
FRIZZINESSES31
REJUVENESCENCE31
SUBJECTIVENESS31
AZIDOTHYMIDINES31
CHLORPROMAZINES31

4-letter words containing NES (4)

ANES4
NESS4
NEST4
ONES4

5-letter words containing NES (47)

ACNES7
BANES7
BENES7
BINES7
BONES7
CANES7
CINES7
CONES7
DENES6
DINES6
DUNES7
DYNES8
ERNES5
FANES8
FINES8
GENES6
HONES7
JANES13
JONES13
KANES8
KINES8
LANES5
LENES5
LINES5
LUNES6
MANES7
MINES7
NESTS5
NINES5
NONES5
PANES7
PENES7
PINES7
PONES7
RUNES6
SANES5
SINES5
SONES5
TINES5
TONES5
TUNES6
TYNES7
VANES9
VINES9
WANES8
WINES8
ZONES13

6-letter words containing NES (64)

AGENES7
AGONES7
AKENES9
ALINES6
AMINES8
ATONES6
AXONES12
AZINES14
BENNES8
BONNES8
BRINES8
CHINES10
CLINES8
CLONES8
CRANES8
CRONES8
DIENES7
DRONES7
DWINES10
EXINES12
FINEST9
FLANES9
FUNEST10
HONEST8
ICONES8
IMINES8
INANES6
IRONES6
KERNES9
KOINES9
LEONES6
LIANES6
MESNES8
NESSES6
NESTED7
NESTER6
NESTLE6
NESTOR6
OPINES8
OVINES10
OZONES14
PANNES8
PEONES8
PHONES10
PLANES8
PRUNES9
RENEST6
SANEST6
SCENES8
SCONES8
SEINES6
SHINES8
SKENES9
SPINES8
STONES6
THANES8
TONNES6
TWINES9
URINES7
WHINES11

The 60 most common shown, 4 rarer words not listed. All 6-letter words

7-letter words containing NES (208)

AMNESIA9
AMNESTY11
BADNESS10
BIGNESS10
BOVINES13
BYGONES12
BYLINES11
CANINES9
COLONES9
COYNESS11
DEFINES11
DIMNESS10
DIVINES12
DRYNESS10
EARNEST7
ENGINES8
EQUINES16
EVENEST11
FAINEST10
FAMINES12
FATNESS10
FELINES10
FINESSE10
FITNESS10
FUNNEST11
GAMINES10
GAYNESS10
GENESES8
GENESIS8
GROYNES10
HARNESS9
HONESTY11
ILLNESS7
INANEST7
KEENEST10
LAXNESS13
LEANEST7
LIONESS7
LUPINES10
MADNESS10
MARINES9
MEANEST9
NESTING8
NESTLED8
NESTLES7
ONESELF10
OPENEST9
RAVINES11
REFINES10
SADNESS8
SHRINES9
SHYNESS11
SLYNESS9
SOONEST7
TANNEST7
THRONES9
VAINEST11
WANNEST10
WITNESS10
WRYNESS12

The 60 most common shown, 148 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words containing NES (504)

BALDNESS11
BIPLANES12
BOLDNESS11
BROWNEST13
BUSINESS11
CALMNESS12
CLEANEST10
COLDNESS11
COMBINES14
COMMUNES15
CONDONES11
CONFINES13
CONVENES14
COZINESS18
CUISINES11
CYCLONES14
DAMPNESS13
DARKNESS12
DEAFNESS12
DECLINES11
DESTINES9
DIVINEST13
ENTWINES11
EVENNESS12
EXAMINES16
FAIRNESS11
FINESSED12
FINESSES11
FIRMNESS13
FLATNESS11
FONDNESS12
FORTUNES12
FULLNESS12
GOODNESS10
HONESTLY12
HORMONES12
HUMANEST13
IMAGINES11
INCLINES10
JAWBONES21
KINDNESS12
LAZINESS16
LIKENESS11
MACHINES14
MEEKNESS13
NUMBNESS13
OFTENEST11
OUTLINES9
PROFANES13
RICHNESS12
ROUTINES9
SICKNESS13
SKYLINES13
SLOWNESS11
SOFTNESS11
TURBINES11
VACCINES16
VASTNESS12
WEAKNESS14
WILDNESS12

The 60 most common shown, 444 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words containing NES (705)

AMNESTIED12
AWARENESS12
BACKBONES18
BLINDNESS12
BLUNTNESS12
CHEAPNESS15
COMMONEST15
CRAZINESS19
DETHRONES12
DISHONEST12
DIZZINESS26
DOCTRINES12
EMPTINESS13
FEMININES14
FINESSING13
FRESHNESS14
GIDDINESS12
GOVERNESS14
HAPPINESS15
HARNESSED12
HARSHNESS13
HEADLINES12
HEAVINESS15
HUSKINESS15
KEYSTONES14
LIFELINES12
LIGHTNESS12
LOFTINESS12
MAGAZINES20
MAGNESIUM15
MEDICINES14
MEMBRANES15
MIGRAINES12
MUGGINESS14
NAKEDNESS13
NECKLINES14
OBSCENEST13
OUTSHINES12
OVERTONES13
PIPELINES13
POSTPONES13
REDEFINES13
RIGHTNESS12
ROUGHNESS13
ROWDINESS13
SHARPNESS13
STIFFNESS15
SWEETNESS12
THICKNESS16
TIGHTNESS12
TOUGHNESS13
TROMBONES13
VAGUENESS15
WEARINESS12
WEIRDNESS13
WHITENESS14
WISHBONES16
WITNESSED13
WITNESSES12
WOODENEST13

The 60 most common shown, 645 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words containing NES (886)

ABORIGINES13
AEROPLANES12
AMNESTYING15
ANESTHETIC14
BRIGHTNESS15
BUSINESSES13
CHAMPAGNES19
CHAPERONES16
CLEVERNESS16
CLUMSINESS15
DETERMINES13
DIRECTNESS13
DISHONESTY15
DROWSINESS14
EYEWITNESS15
FIERCENESS15
FLAGSTONES14
FLIMSINESS15
GRAPEVINES17
GUIDELINES13
HANDEDNESS14
HARNESSING13
HEADPHONES17
HEADSTONES13
HURRICANES15
INTERVENES14
KINDNESSES14
LIKENESSES13
LIMOUSINES13
LIVELINESS14
LOVELINESS14
MASCULINES15
MEGAPHONES17
MEZZANINES28
MINDEDNESS14
NARROWNESS13
POLITENESS12
PORCUPINES17
PROMPTNESS16
RANDOMNESS13
ROBUSTNESS13
SAXOPHONES20
SHREWDNESS16
SICKNESSES15
SMOOTHNESS14
SUBMARINES15
TELEPHONES14
TOMBSTONES14
UNCLEANEST13
UNDERLINES12
UNDERMINES14
UNIQUENESS20
USEFULNESS15
VALENTINES14
WAISTLINES13
WEAKNESSES16
WICKEDNESS19
WILDERNESS14
WITNESSING14
XYLOPHONES22

The 60 most common shown, 826 rarer words not listed.

11-letter words containing NES (940)

ANESTHETICS15
ANESTHETIZE21
AQUAMARINES22
AWKWARDNESS21
BASHFULNESS19
BORDERLINES14
BRUSQUENESS23
BUSINESSMAN16
BUSINESSMEN16
CAREFULNESS17
CLEANLINESS13
COLLARBONES15
CONCISENESS15
CONTRAVENES17
CORRECTNESS15
DISCIPLINES16
DISHONESTLY16
DRUNKENNESS16
EARNESTNESS11
FOOLISHNESS16
FORGIVENESS19
FURTIVENESS19
GENUINENESS13
GOVERNESSES16
GRAVESTONES16
GRINDSTONES13
GUILLOTINES13
HAUGHTINESS17
HYDROPLANES18
INESCAPABLE17
INTERTWINES14
JOBLESSNESS21
MICROPHONES19
MISFORTUNES17
NATURALNESS12
NAUGHTINESS15
NERVOUSNESS16
NOTHINGNESS14
OBLIQUENESS22
PLAYFULNESS19
QUARANTINES20
SEASICKNESS16
SELFISHNESS16
SERIOUSNESS12
STRANGENESS12
STREAMLINES13
STUBBORNEST16
SUBROUTINES15
TAMBOURINES16
THICKNESSES18
TRAMPOLINES15
UNCOMMONEST18
UNHAPPINESS18
USELESSNESS12
VIBRAPHONES21
WAKEFULNESS21
WAYWARDNESS20
WILLINGNESS15
WINDOWPANES20
ZEALOUSNESS20

The 60 most common shown, 880 rarer words not listed.

12-letter words containing NES (921)

ABRASIVENESS18
AMPHETAMINES20
ANESTHETIZED23
ANESTHETIZES22
ANTICYCLONES18
BACKWARDNESS23
BLISSFULNESS18
BOASTFULNESS18
BUSINESSLIKE18
CARELESSNESS14
CHEERFULNESS20
CHILDISHNESS19
CHURLISHNESS19
CLOWNISHNESS19
COBBLESTONES18
COHESIVENESS20
COMPLETENESS18
COVETOUSNESS19
COWARDLINESS18
CREATIVENESS18
DECISIVENESS19
DIVISIVENESS21
EFFUSIVENESS23
EVENTFULNESS20
EXPLICITNESS22
EYEWITNESSES17
FAITHFULNESS21
FORCEFULNESS21
FRIENDLINESS16
FRUITFULNESS20
GRACEFULNESS19
GRACIOUSNESS16
HOMESICKNESS21
INCISIVENESS18
LUMINESCENCE19
MINESWEEPERS19
MONKEYSHINES21
MOURNFULNESS19
PEACEFULNESS20
PERVERSENESS18
RECKLESSNESS17
RESTLESSNESS12
RIGHTFULNESS19
RUTHLESSNESS15
SCRATCHINESS18
SHAMEFULNESS20
SHEEPISHNESS18
SLOTHFULNESS18
SNOBBISHNESS18
SPITEFULNESS18
SUCCINCTNESS19
THANKFULNESS21
THOROUGHNESS18
TRUTHFULNESS19
WASTEFULNESS19
WATCHFULNESS23
WILDERNESSES16
WRETCHEDNESS20
WRONGFULNESS20
YOUTHFULNESS21

The 60 most common shown, 861 rarer words not listed.

How common are they?

6,539 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (3.9%) are containing NES. Most of them, 940, have 11 letters. 23 start with NES, 1,286 end with it and 5,230 have it only in the middle.

Words containing similar letters

Every word comes from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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Questions

How many words are there containing NES?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 6,539 words containing NES, from 4 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word containing NES?

BENZODIAZEPINES, worth 36 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: JAZZINESSES (35), JAZZINESS (33) and HYDROXYZINES (33).

What are the most common words containing NES?

EFFECTIVENESS, MAGAZINES, COMPLETENESS, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXAMINES and LAZINESS. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

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