Unscramble NEWIES and you have 61 words, NEWIES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: NEWSIE. Among the shorter answers, 10 reach 8 points, WINES, SWINE and SINEW among them. 6 letters: 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from NEWIES split into 2 with 6 letters, 11 with 5, 20 with 4, 19 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of NEWIES but one, change that one, and you get:
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NEWIES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NEWIES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 61) | 44 | 61 | 41 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
17 of the 61 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENEWS, ENSEW, SEWEN, SEWIN, WEISE, ENEW, SWEE, EINE, ENES, NIES, SIEN, SNEE and 5 more. 3 of the 61 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EEW, EW and ESNE.
These 12 words take every letter of NEWIES plus a single extra one.