55 words come out when you unscramble NEIST, starting with NEIST itself: 5 in Scrabble, 6 in Words With Friends. 7 anagrams of NEIST are on the page, INSET, NITES and SENTI included; each is 5 points. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NEIST by length: 8 with 5 letters, 18 with 4, 18 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Keep every letter of NEIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with NE · ending in ST · all 5-letter words
Add two letters to NEIST:
NEIST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. NEIST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 55) | 46 | 55 | 41 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
9 of the 55 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIENT, ENTS, NIES, SIEN, STEN, STIE, NIE, NIS and ST. 5 of the 55 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TEINS, TEIN, EST, TES and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of NEIST plus a single extra one.