40 words come out when you unscramble NILGAI, starting with NILGAI itself: 7 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 7 points: AILING. The 6 letters split into 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NILGAI split into 2 with 6 letters, 5 with 5, 12 with 4, 12 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of NILGAI but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with NI · ending in AI · all 6-letter words
What NILGAI means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NILGAI 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NILGAI itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 40) | 36 | 40 | 35 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GILA, NGAI, ING and LIG, 4 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GI.
With one more tile, the letters of NILGAI spell the words below.