Unscramble NIHILS and you have 27 words, NIHILS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. NIHILS has 1 anagram here, LINISH, scoring 9 like NIHILS itself. Of the shorter words, NIHIL leads with 8 points. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
Looking for shilin, hinsil or shinil? They use the same letters as NIHILS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NIHILS split into 2 with 6 letters, 1 with 5, 9 with 4, 9 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Just 1 of the 5-letter words made with NIHILS letters: NIHIL, for 8 points.
Trade one tile of NIHILS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 6-letter words: starting with NI · ending in LS · all 6-letter words
The meaning of NIHILS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NIHILS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIHILS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 27) | 23 | 27 | 23 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
4 of the 27 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LINISH, NISH, ISH and NIS.
Each word below uses all the letters of NIHILS and one more.