12-Letter Words Starting With POSSESS
- 3 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 12-Letter Words Starting With POSSESS
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 12-Letter Words Starting With POSSESS 3 words
How common is POSSESS at the start of twelve-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 3 twelve-letter words that start with POSSESS. They average 16.3 points and the best is POSSESSIVELY (20 points).
- Total words
- 3
- Average Scrabble score
- 16.3
- out of 20 max
- Everyday words
- 0%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- D
- 33.3% of words
Most common last letters
- d 33.3%
- l 33.3%
- y 33.3%
Top vowel pairs
- io66.7%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring twelve-letter word that starts with POSSESS
p 3o 1s 1s 1e 1s 1s 1i 1v 4e 1l 1y 4
P 3 + O 1 + S 1 + S 1 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1 + L 1 + Y 4 = 20 points
- Double word
- 40 pts
- Triple word
- 60 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
possessively
- adverbin a possessive manner“he was sleeping, one arm flung possessively across his wife”
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How many twelve-letter words that start with POSSESS are there?
There are 3 twelve-letter words that start with POSSESS in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring twelve-letter word that starts with POSSESS?
POSSESSIVELY is worth 20 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are POSSESSIONED (15), POSSESSIONAL (14).
Which rare twelve-letter words that start with POSSESS score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include POSSESSIONED (15), POSSESSIONAL (14). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.