Unscramble NIGHS and you have 33 words, NIGHS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: HINGS. 5 letters: 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from NIGHS split into 2 with 5 letters, 14 with 4, 11 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of NIGHS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with NI · ending in HS · all 5-letter words
NIGHS 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 NIGHS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 33) | 25 | 33 | 22 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HINGS, HING, NISH, ISH, INGS, SNIG, ING and NIS, 8 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GIS, SIG and GI, 3 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of NIGHS and one more.