Unscramble NIGHTFALL and you have 190 words, NIGHTFALL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NIGHTFALL split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 8 with 7, 8 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 19 with 2.
FIGHT tops the 5-letter words from NIGHTFALL at 12 points; next come FAITH and FILTH on 11. NIGHT, LIGHT and FINAL will look familiar.
The 4-letter words in NIGHTFALL are led by HAFT and HALF, 10 points each. GIFT, FALL and HILL are the familiar ones.
FAH tops the 3-letter words made with NIGHTFALL letters at 9 points; next come FAG and FIG on 7. ALL, HIT and FAT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of NIGHTFALL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NI · ending in LL · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FANLIGHT (15 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NIGHTFALL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHTFALL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 154 | 188 | 145 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
34 of the 190 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HALFLING, HALFLIN, ALLNIGHT, HALLING, ANIGHT, AIGHT, ANIGH, GLIFT, HANGI, THAGI, AHINT, FITNA and 22 more. 9 of the 190 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AHING, FAH, THANG, HAINT, THALI, GIF, AHI, LAH and GI. 2 of the 190 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI.
This word takes every letter of NIGHTFALL plus a single extra one.