220 words come out when you unscramble BENIGHTS, starting with BENIGHTS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. BENIGHT is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from BENIGHTS split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 22 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words in BENIGHTS, BESIGH and BIGHTS tie for first at 12 points. THINGS, BEGINS and NIGHTS are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BENIGHTS, BIGHT leads with 11 points, then BETHS on 10 and EHING on 9. BEING, NIGHT and THING are the familiar ones.
BETH and BISH are the top 4-letter words from BENIGHTS, 9 points each. BEST, THEN and GETS will look familiar.
GHI scores highest among the 3-letter words from BENIGHTS at 7 points, ahead of BEG and BIG on 6. GET, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BENIGHTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BE · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BIGHTS and HENBITS (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BENIGHTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENIGHTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 220) | 178 | 218 | 163 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BENIGHTS, BENIGHT, BESIGH, NEBISH, HETING, BESING, BETING, EHING, GHEST, HINGS, SITHEN, THIGS and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BISH, SHITE, BING, SHEN, STINGE, GITES, BES, TEINS, GIS, NEG, SIG, EST and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BENIGHTS and one more.