Unscramble NIGHTBLIND and you have 123 words, NIGHTBLIND itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 7 of them, BLIGHT, BLINDING and BHINDI included. The 10 letters split into 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from NIGHTBLIND by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 19 with 6, 19 with 5, 32 with 4, 32 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with NIGHTBLIND letters: BLINDING, 12 points.
BIGHT tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGHTBLIND at 11 points; next come DIGHT on 10 and LIGHT on 9. NIGHT, THING and BLIND will look familiar.
Of the 32 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGHTBLIND, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. THIN, BIND and HINT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NIGHTBLIND but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with NI · ending in ND · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BLIGHT, BLINDING, GHIBLI and HILDING (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NIGHTBLIND is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHTBLIND itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 123) | 94 | 122 | 89 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NIGHTBLIND, BHINDI, BINDHI, HIDLING, LITHING, NITHING, BILING, TINDING, DITING, GIBLI, HILD, HING and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BLING, LINTING, BIDI, BING and GI, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.