Unscramble NIGGLIEST and you have 253 words, NIGGLIEST itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NIGGLIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 23 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 23 7-letter words in NIGGLIEST, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. LISTING is the one most people know.
43 6-letter words from NIGGLIEST; 8 of them share the top score of 8. SINGLE, LISTEN and SILENT are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGGLIEST, the top score is 7, reached by 4. LINES, TILES and STEIN are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words made with NIGGLIEST letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. LIST, LINE and SIGN will look familiar.
EGG, GIG and IGG share the top score of 5 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGGLIEST. GET, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NIGGLIEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NI · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GINGELIS (10 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
NIGGLIEST is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGGLIEST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 191 | 253 | 170 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GEITING, GILGIES, GINGLES, GILGIE, GINGES, GINGLE, LESTING, LIGGES, SEILING, STILING, ENGILT, GILETS and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NIGGLIEST, SNIGLET, STINGE, TEGGS, GITES, IGGS, INTELS, TEGG, GITE, IGG, INTEL, LITES and 9 more, 21 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of NIGGLIEST spell the words below.