Words that contain 'te' and end in 'ss'

In Scrabble, what's the highest score you can get from words that have 'te' in and end with 'ss'?
With an enormous 1,252 entries, you may want to select 'textless' scoring 15 points.

What is the most interesting word from this page?
Our favorite peculiar word from this list goes to 'letterless'. The definition of 'letterless' is as follows: "1. Not having a letter. 2. Illiterate. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.". Credit to the Cambridge Dictionary.

What's the max number of words one can assemble from words that have 'te' in and end with 'ss'?
From this page of words that have 'te' in and end with 'ss', there are 1,252 fantastic entries which can be selected.

Is there any word on this page that stands out as the most popular?
As far as popular words go, there's 'tenderness' which ranks as the 4006^th most common word.

How many characters does the longest word from this page consist of?
The longest word located by Dictionarypedia is 'noncontemporaneousness'. It consists of 22 characters.