16 words come out when you unscramble NIES, starting with NIES itself: 4 in Scrabble, 5 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 4 points: SIEN and SINE. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 3 points, SIN, INS and SEN among them. The 4 letters split into 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NIES by length: 3 with 4 letters, 7 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of NIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with NI · ending in ES · all 4-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SINE (4 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: NIES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 16) | 12 | 16 | 12 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 4 of them: NIES, SIEN, NIE and NIS.
These 12 words take every letter of NIES plus a single extra one.