Unscramble NIELLISTS to get 226 words. NIELLISTS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 8, among them INSTILLS, SILLIEST and LINTLESS. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
N12I1E1L12L12I1S1T1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NIELLISTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 17 with 7, 38 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 34 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Every one of the 38 6-letter words from NIELLISTS scores 6. LISTEN, SILENT and INSIST are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NIELLISTS come to 59, each scoring 5 points. SITES, STILL and LINES are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from NIELLISTS scores 4. SITE, LIST and LINE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NIELLISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NI · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
NIELLISTS 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 NIELLISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIELLISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 179 | 226 | 168 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
47 of the 226 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INISLES, LINTIES, TELLINS, ELSINS, INISLE, LINTIE, SIENTS, SILENS, STEILS, STELLS, TELLIN, TINIES and 35 more. 11 of the 226 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SENITIS, INTELS, INTEL, LITES, SENTS, TEINS, ESTS, TEIN, EST, TES and TE.
This word takes every letter of NIELLISTS plus a single extra one.