Unscramble NIGHTWARD and you have 233 words, NIGHTWARD itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. HANDWRIT, THRAWING and WRATHING are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
N12I1G23H43T1W4A1R1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NIGHTWARD split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 25 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words from NIGHTWARD, HAWING and WRIGHT tie for first at 13 points. RATING, DATING and DARING are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NIGHTWARD are led by WHANG, WIDTH and WIGHT, 12 points each. RIGHT, NIGHT and THING are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words in NIGHTWARD, WHID and WHIG tie for first at 11 points. WANT, HARD and HAND are everyday picks.
HAW and WHA share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words made with NIGHTWARD letters. HAD, AIR and WAR are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of NIGHTWARD, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with NI · ending in RD · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HANDWRIT, THRAWING and WRATHING (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: NIGHTWARD is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHTWARD itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 187 | 233 | 179 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: NIGHTWARD, ANIGHT, DWANG, GRAITH, RAHING, RAWING, THRANG, AHIND, AIGHT, ANIGH, GAWD, HANGI and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: AHING, THANG, ARGH, HAINT, AHI, DAN, DA and GI.