Unscramble NARGILY to get 130 words. NARGILY itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: ANGRILY, RANGILY and RAYLING. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. NARGILY as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from NARGILY by length: 4 with 7 letters, 7 with 6, 27 with 5, 48 with 4, 31 with 3 and 13 with 2.
8 of 27 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NARGILY tie at 9 points; none scores more. GRAIN, ANGRY and LYING will look familiar.
Of the 48 4-letter words from NARGILY, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. GIRL, RING and GAIN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NARGILY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with NA · ending in LY · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANGRILY (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
NARGILY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NARGILY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 110 | 130 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
20 of the 130 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NARGILY, RANGILY, RAYLING, GYAL, GYAN, NIRLY, ARLING, LYRA, RYAL, AGRIN, ARY, RANGI and 8 more. 6 of the 130 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LAIRY, LAYIN, YAG, LARN, GI and RAI.
Each word below uses all the letters of NARGILY and one more.