Unscramble NEEDLIEST to get 288 words. NEEDLIEST itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 9, among them LISTENED, ENLISTED and NEEDIEST. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from NEEDLIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 24 7-letter words in NEEDLIEST, 16 score 8 points, the group's best. NEEDLES, NESTLED and DELETES are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from NEEDLIEST; 40 of them share the top score of 7. LISTED, LISTEN and DELETE are everyday picks.
58 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NEEDLIEST tie at 6 points; none scores more. NEEDS, SLIDE and LINED will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NEEDLIEST; 58 of them share the top score of 5. NEED, SEND and SIDE are everyday picks.
20 of 57 3-letter words from NEEDLIEST tie at 4 points; none scores more. SEE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of NEEDLIEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ENLISTED, LISTENED, NEEDIEST, SELENIDE and TINSELED (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts NEEDLIEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEEDLIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 210 | 288 | 191 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 78 of them: NEEDLIEST, LINTSEED, DENTELS, STEENED, STEINED, DENETS, DENTEL, DESINE, EIDENT, ELDINS, LESTED, LIENEES and 66 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: ISLETED, LENITED, IDENTS, LENITES, LINTED, DELTS, EELED, IDENT, INTELS, LEDES, LENITE, DELT and 7 more.
With one more tile, the letters of NEEDLIEST spell the words below.