243 words come out when you unscramble BENIGHTER, starting with BENIGHTER itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. BRIGHTEN and BERTHING are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BENIGHTER split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 17 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among the 7-letter words made with BENIGHTER letters, BENIGHT leads with 13 points, then GREENTH and REHINGE on 11. NEITHER, INTEGER and THEREIN are the familiar ones.
BRIGHT tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BENIGHTER at 12 points; next come BERTHE and HENBIT on 11. EITHER, ENTIRE and HEREIN will look familiar.
BIGHT scores highest among the 5-letter words from BENIGHTER at 11 points, ahead of BERTH and BIRTH on 10. THERE, RIGHT and BEING are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words made with BENIGHTER letters are led by BETH and HERB, 9 points each. HERE, BEEN and THEN are the familiar ones.
GHI tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BENIGHTER at 7 points; next come BEG and BIG on 6. GET, NET and BIT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BENIGHTER for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BERTHING and BRIGHTEN (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts BENIGHTER, but the Words With Friends list does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENIGHTER itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 187 | 242 | 177 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
56 of the 243 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BENIGHTER, BENIGHT, BERTHE, RIGHTEN, THEEING, BEETING, BIGENER, BREINGE, HEBEN, HETING, BENTIER, BERGEN and 44 more. 10 of the 243 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BRITH, BEIGER, BEIGNE, HENGE, BINER, BING, REGIE, TENGE, NEG and TE. 1 of the 243 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: BINT.
Each word below uses all the letters of BENIGHTER and one more.