300 words come out when you unscramble BENIGHTENS, starting with BENIGHTENS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. BENIGHTEN is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BENIGHTENS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 10 with 8, 29 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
BENIGHT scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble BENIGHTENS at 13 points, ahead of BESHINE and BHISTEE on 12. ENGINES, INTENSE and NESTING are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words from BENIGHTENS, BESIGH and BIGHTS tie for first at 12 points. THINGS, ENGINE and SEEING are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words from BENIGHTENS, BIGHT leads with 11 points, then BETHS and HEBEN on 10. BEING, NIGHT and THING are the familiar ones.
BETH, BISH and HEBE are the top 4-letter words in BENIGHTENS, 9 points each. BEEN, BEST and THEN will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words made with BENIGHTENS letters is GHI, 7 points; BEG and BIG on 6 follow. SEE, GET and ITS are everyday picks.
These 3 words have the length of BENIGHTENS, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with BE · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BIGHTS, HENBITS, SEETHING, SENNIGHT, SHEENING and SHEETING (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BENIGHTENS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENIGHTENS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 224 | 298 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
74 of the 300 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BENIGHTENS, BENIGHTEN, BENIGHTS, BENIGHT, BENIGNEST, BESHINE, BESIGH, BHISTEE, BEESTING, BEGINNES, HEBENS, HENNIEST and 62 more. 25 of the 300 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: THEBES, BEIGEST, BEIGNES, HENGES, BEIGNE, BISH, HENGE, BESTIE, SHITE, BING, SHEN, STINGE and 13 more. 2 of the 300 answers are missing from Scrabble US: HEBES and HEBE. 2 of the 300 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.