179 words come out when you unscramble FORTNIGHT, starting with FORTNIGHT itself: 16 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is FROTHING, 15 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from FORTNIGHT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FORTNIGHT, FIGHT leads with 12 points, then FIRTH and FORTH on 11. RIGHT, NORTH and NIGHT are the familiar ones.
FOHN scores highest among the 4-letter words made with FORTNIGHT letters at 10 points, ahead of FIGO and FRIG on 8. INFO, GIFT and RING are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FORTNIGHT is FOH, 9 points; FIG and FOG on 7 follow. NOT, HOT and GOT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of FORTNIGHT for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with FO · ending in HT · all 9-letter words
FORTNIGHT first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FORTNIGHT works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORTNIGHT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 147 | 178 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
31 of the 179 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORTING, THOFT, FRIGOT, FROING, THINGO, HOING, FIGO, HING, THIG, FITT, ROTING, THON and 19 more. 7 of the 179 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HONGI, GOTH, GIF, TROG, ORG, GI and OI. 1 of the 179 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of FORTNIGHT and one more.