249 words come out when you unscramble BENIGNEST, starting with BENIGNEST itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BEESTING, BEGINNES and BEIGNETS, 11 points each. The 9 letters split into 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 BENIGNEST split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 20 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 20 7-letter words in BENIGNEST, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. ENGINES, INTENSE and NESTING are the ones most people know.
9 of 38 6-letter words from BENIGNEST tie at 9 points; none scores more. ENGINE, SEEING and TENNIS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BENIGNEST, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. BEING, TEENS and BEGIN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in BENIGNEST; 5 of them share the top score of 7. BEEN, BEST and SIGN are everyday picks.
BEG, BIG and GIB share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words made with BENIGNEST letters. SEE, GET and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BENIGNEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BEIGNETS (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BENIGNEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENIGNEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 191 | 247 | 163 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
58 of the 249 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BENIGNEST, BEESTING, BEGINNES, BEETING, BEGINNE, BESING, BETING, STEENING, BENETS, BINGS, GENNETS, GENNIES and 46 more. 28 of the 249 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BEIGEST, BEIGNES, BEIGNE, BESTIE, BING, STINGE, TENGES, TENNESI, GITES, NIENTE, SINNET, TENESI and 16 more. 2 of the 249 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.
This word takes every letter of BENIGNEST plus a single extra one.