Unscramble NIGHTJAR and you have 164 words, NIGHTJAR itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from NIGHTJAR by length: 1 with 8 letters, 11 with 6, 31 with 5, 57 with 4, 49 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 5-letter words in NIGHTJAR, HIJRA leads with 15 points, then JAGIR and JIRGA on 13. RIGHT, NIGHT and THING are the familiar ones.
HAJI tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGHTJAR at 14 points; next come ARGH and GATH on 8. ANTI, HAIR and RING will look familiar.
HAJ scores highest among the 3-letter words from NIGHTJAR at 13 points, ahead of JAG and JIG on 11. ART, AIR and HIT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NIGHTJAR for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with NI · ending in AR · all 8-letter words
The meaning of NIGHTJAR, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NIGHTJAR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHTJAR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 120 | 164 | 110 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 164 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: JAGHIR, JAGIR, JIRGA, ANIGHT, GRAITH, JAI, RAHING, THRANG, AIGHT, ANIGH, HANGI, JA and 32 more. 10 of the 164 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HIJRA, AJI, AHING, THANG, ARGH, HAINT, AHI, TIAN, GI and RAI.
Each word below uses all the letters of NIGHTJAR and one more.