Unscramble NASTILY and you have 168 words, NASTILY itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: SAINTLY. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. NASTILY as a single 7-tile play makes 60 in Scrabble, 10 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from NASTILY split into 2 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 33 with 5, 59 with 4, 48 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 33 5-letter words from NASTILY, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. SAINT, NASTY and SATIN are the ones most people know.
59 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NASTILY; 14 of them share the top score of 7. LIST, LAST and STAY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NASTILY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with NA · ending in LY · all 7-letter words
NASTILY 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 NASTILY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASTILY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 143 | 168 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SNAILY, NYAS, TAYS, NYS, SNY, TAY, LANTS, NATIS, NY, TINAS, ISNA, ITAS and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAYINS, LAYIN, TIYNS, TYINS, TIYN, TYIN, YAS, TIANS, LIAS, STAN, TIAN, ATS and 1 more, 13 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of NASTILY and one more.