Unscramble BRIGHTENING and you have 282 words, BRIGHTENING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. BENIGHTING is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from BRIGHTENING split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 4 with 9, 16 with 8, 37 with 7, 40 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
BENIGHTING scores highest among the 10-letter words made with BRIGHTENING letters at 17 points, ahead of RIGHTENING on 15.
BIGHTING scores highest among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble BRIGHTENING at 15 points, ahead of BERTHING and BIRTHING on 14. BRINGING, BRIGHTEN and REIGNING are the ones most people know.
BENIGHT tops the 7-letter words from BRIGHTENING at 13 points; next come HINGING and NIGHING on 12. RENTING, RINGING and INHERIT will look familiar.
BRIGHT scores highest among the 6-letter words made with BRIGHTENING letters at 12 points, ahead of HENBIT on 11 and BIGGER on 10. HIRING, GINGER and INTERN are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BRIGHTENING is BIGHT, 11 points; BERTH and BIRTH on 10 follow. RIGHT, BEING and NIGHT are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from BRIGHTENING are led by BETH and HERB, 9 points each. THEN, RING and RENT are the familiar ones.
GHI scores highest among the 3-letter words in BRIGHTENING at 7 points, ahead of BEG and BIG on 6. GET, NET and BIT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BRIGHTENING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with BR · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
What BRIGHTENING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. BRIGHTENING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGHTENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 218 | 279 | 209 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
62 of the 282 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BENIGHTING, RIGHTENING, BENIGHT, BREINGING, NITHERING, THIGGER, THINGIER, NITHING, REBITING, RIGHTEN, BEINING, BREIING and 50 more. 11 of the 282 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: THINGIE, BRITH, HINNIE, INTEGRIN, BINER, BING, INNIE, NINER, NEG, TEIN and TE. 2 of the 282 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: BEGIRTING and ITER. 1 of the 282 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: BINT.