According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries
used around the world) there are 14 words with the pattern
-HE----SS. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter H and 3rd
letter E and 8th letter S and 9th letter S. In alphabetical order,
they are:
cheapness
checkless
cheekless
cheerless
chewiness
sheerness
sheetless
theftless
themeless
thereness
wheatless
wheelless
whelpless
whereness