Unscramble NIGHTINGALE to get 356 words. NIGHTINGALE itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. LIGHTENING and ENLIGHTING are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NIGHTINGALE split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 3 with 9, 27 with 8, 58 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Every one of the 2 10-letter words made with NIGHTINGALE letters scores 15. LIGHTENING is an everyday pick.
Among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGHTINGALE, LIGHTING and NEIGHING tie for first at 13 points. ALIGNING and TINGLING are everyday picks.
4 of 58 7-letter words from NIGHTINGALE tie at 12 points; none scores more. HEATING, HEALING and HANGING will look familiar.
HAGGLE and HIGGLE share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words in NIGHTINGALE. LENGTH, EATING and LINING are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words made with NIGHTINGALE letters is GIGHE, 10 points; AHING and AIGHT on 9 follow. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGHTINGALE, HAGG leads with 9 points, then GATH and GHAT on 8. THEN, HEAT and GAIN are the familiar ones.
GHI and HAG are the top 3-letter words from NIGHTINGALE, 7 points each. GET, AGE and INN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of NIGHTINGALE for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with NI · ending in LE · all 11-letter words
The meaning of NIGHTINGALE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NIGHTINGALE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHTINGALE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 356) | 276 | 356 | 253 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
80 of the 356 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENLIGHTING, GHILGAI, ALENGTH, ENLIGHT, HAINING, IANTHINE, LITHING, NITHING, TANGHIN, ANIGHT, GLENTING, GNATLING and 68 more. 23 of the 356 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: THINGIE, AHING, EAGLING, HINNIE, LENITING, THANG, GALING, GANGLE, HAINT, LINTING, TAGLINE, THALI and 11 more.
With one more tile, the letters of NIGHTINGALE spell the words below.