313 words come out when you unscramble NIGHTMARE, starting with NIGHTMARE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
N12I1G23H43T1M34A1R1E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from NIGHTMARE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 37 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
HARMING, MEGAHIT and THEMING share the top score of 13 among the 7-letter words made with NIGHTMARE letters. HEARING, HEATING and GRANITE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 6-letter words from NIGHTMARE is HAMING, 12 points; ANTHEM and HAEMIN on 11 follow. MARGIN, GATHER and MAGNET are everyday picks.
MIGHT scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGHTMARE at 11 points, ahead of HAREM and HARIM on 10. RIGHT, IMAGE and NIGHT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in NIGHTMARE, the top score is 9, reached by 10. THEN, GAME and HAIR are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words made with NIGHTMARE letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. GET, MAN and MEN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of NIGHTMARE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NI · ending in RE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HARMING, MEGAHIT and THEMING (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NIGHTMARE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHTMARE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 313) | 253 | 312 | 239 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
59 of the 313 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HAMING, HEMINA, RIGHTEN, ANIGHT, GERMAIN, GRAITH, HARIM, HETING, HIRAGE, MANEH, MEARING, MEATH and 47 more. 14 of the 313 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HITMAN, HITMEN, THERIAN, AHING, THANG, ARGH, HAINT, MEH, MARG, MEGA, AHI, MEG and 2 more. 1 of the 313 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
With one more tile, the letters of NIGHTMARE spell the words below.