According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries
used around the world) there are 89 words with the pattern
---E--ESS. That is, nine letter words with 4th letter E and 7th
letter E and 8th letter S and 9th letter S. In alphabetical order,
they are:
alienness
angerless
askewness
assetless
bowelless
briefless
briefness
cageyness
cheekless
cheerless
chiefless
coheiress
coverless
cruelness
datedness
dazedness
derepress
dopeyness
dowerless
eagerness
fadedness
feverless
fiberless
fixedness
fleetness
givenness
glueyness
gooeyness
governess
greedless
greenness
griefless
havenless
hokeyness
homeyness
honeyless
indexless
innerness
inverness
jadedness
levelness
linerless
liverless
loverless
mateyness
mazedness
mixedness
moneyless
nakedness
notedness
oftenness
orderless
otherness
ownerless
paperless
powerless
priestess
queenless
queerness
quietness
riderless
riverless
satedness
sewerless
sheerness
sheetless
shredless
sidedness
sidedress
sinewless
sleekness
sleepless
soberness
solemness
speedless
steepness
sweetness
taperness
threeness
tiredness
towerless
udderless
utterless
utterness
vexedness
vowelless
waterless
wheelless
winepress