Unscramble BRIGHTENER and you have 273 words, BRIGHTENER itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BENIGHTER, 15 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BRIGHTENER by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 29 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with BRIGHTENER letters: BENIGHTER, 15 points.
BENIGHT scores highest among the 7-letter words from BRIGHTENER at 13 points, ahead of BIRTHER and HERBIER on 12. NEITHER, INTEGER and THEREIN are the ones most people know.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BRIGHTENER is BRIGHT, 12 points; BERTHE and HENBIT on 11 follow. EITHER, ENTIRE and HEREIN are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words in BRIGHTENER, BIGHT leads with 11 points, then BERTH and BIRTH on 10. THERE, RIGHT and BEING are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words made with BRIGHTENER letters, BETH, HEBE and HERB tie for first at 9 points. HERE, BEEN and THEN are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BRIGHTENER, GHI leads with 7 points, then BEG and BIG on 6. GET, NET and BIT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of BRIGHTENER for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with BR · ending in ER · all 10-letter words
BRIGHTENER first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BRIGHTENER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGHTENER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 208 | 272 | 193 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
64 of the 273 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BENIGHTER, BENIGHT, BERTHE, BREERING, RIGHTEN, THEEING, BEETING, BIGENER, BREINGE, HEBEN, HETING, BENTIER and 52 more. 16 of the 273 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BIRTHER, BRITH, BEIGER, BEIGNE, HENGE, HIREE, BINER, BING, ETRIER, REGIE, RERENT, GITE and 4 more. 1 of the 273 answers is missing from Scrabble US: HEBE. 1 of the 273 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: BINT.
Each word below uses all the letters of BRIGHTENER and one more.