261 words come out when you unscramble NESTLINGS, starting with NESTLINGS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 9, among them NESTLING, SINGLETS and GLISTENS. It has 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 NESTLINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 25 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 25 7-letter words in NESTLINGS, 17 score 8 points, the group's best. SINGLES, SENSING and NESTING are the ones most people know.
46 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NESTLINGS; 24 of them share the top score of 7. SINGLE, LISTEN and TENNIS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from NESTLINGS, 30 score 6 points, the group's best. LINES, LISTS and SIGNS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from NESTLINGS; 35 of them share the top score of 5. LIST, LINE and SIGN are everyday picks.
Among 49 3-letter words in NESTLINGS, the top score is 4, reached by 16. GET, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of NESTLINGS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
What NESTLINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NESTLINGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NESTLINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 261) | 207 | 261 | 183 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NESTINGS, GINNELS, LESTING, SENTING, ENGILT, GEISTS, GILETS, GINNEL, GLENTS, LIGNES, SENGIS, ELSINS and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LENSINGS, SNIGLETS, SNIGLET, STINGES, GLISSE, SINNETS, STINGE, GITES, INTELS, SINNET, GITE, INTEL and 12 more, 24 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of NESTLINGS plus a single extra one.