Unscramble NIGHTGLOW and you have 160 words, NIGHTGLOW itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
N12I1G23H43T1G23L12O1W4
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from NIGHTGLOW split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 11 with 6, 23 with 5, 55 with 4, 48 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
WIGHT tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGHTGLOW at 12 points; next come THOWL on 11 and HOING on 9. GOING, NIGHT and LIGHT will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from NIGHTGLOW, WHIG leads with 11 points, then HOWL and WHIN on 10. LONG, TOWN and TWIN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of NIGHTGLOW but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NI · ending in W · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HOWLING (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NIGHTGLOW, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHTGLOW itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 127 | 160 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: GOWLING, HOGGIN, LOWTING, THOWL, OWLING, THINGO, WHIO, WHOT, HOING, WONGI, GNOW, GOWL and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: HONGI, GOTH, LOGIN, OWT, IGG, GI and OI.
This word takes every letter of NIGHTGLOW plus a single extra one.