Unscramble NIGHNESSES and you have 196 words, NIGHNESSES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: SNEESHINGS. Of the shorter words, SNEESHING leads with 13 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from NIGHNESSES split into 2 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 15 with 7, 29 with 6, 40 with 5, 57 with 4, 33 with 3 and 12 with 2.
2 10-letter words made with NIGHNESSES letters use every letter: NIGHNESSES and its 1 anagram SNEESHINGS, all with 14 points.
GHESSES scores highest among the 7-letter words from NIGHNESSES at 11 points, ahead of HENNIES and SHINESS on 10. ENGINES, GENESIS and SENSING are the ones most people know.
Among 29 6-letter words in NIGHNESSES, the top score is 10, reached by 4. ENGINE, SEEING and SENSES are the familiar ones.
40 5-letter words made with NIGHNESSES letters; 8 of them share the top score of 9. SENSE, SIGNS and GENES are everyday picks.
Among 57 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGHNESSES, the top score is 8, reached by 5. SIGN, SEEN and GENE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of NIGHNESSES for another and you can spell these 5 words:
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NIGHNESSES first, then short meanings for the 5 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NIGHNESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHNESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 139 | 196 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 196 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SNEESHINGS, SNEESHING, SNEESHINS, GHESSES, NESHNESS, SNEESHIN, GHESSE, HENNIES, SHINESS, SHINNES, EHING, HINGS and 45 more. 18 of the 196 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HENGES, HENGE, SESHES, SENSEIS, SESH, SHEN, SENSEI, ESNES, NEGS, NENES, SENES, SIGS and 6 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of NIGHNESSES and one more.