Unscramble NILGHAIS and you have 174 words, NILGHAIS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 11, among them HAILING, LASHING and HALSING. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NILGHAIS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 17 with 6, 33 with 5, 57 with 4, 42 with 3 and 16 with 2.
9 of 33 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NILGHAIS tie at 9 points; none scores more. GAINS, NAILS and ALIGN will look familiar.
Among 57 4-letter words from NILGHAIS, the top score is 8, reached by 8. SIGN, GAIN and SING are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NILGHAIS, GHI and HAG tie for first at 7 points. HAS, GAS and SIN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NILGHAIS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The meaning of NILGHAIS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
NILGHAIS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NILGHAIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 174) | 142 | 174 | 128 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HALSING, SHALING, HANGIS, ANIGH, HANGI, HINGS, LINISH, AISLING, HAINS, HING, NASHI, SHIAI and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AHING, AHIS, LAHS, AHI, AHS, LAH, SIGLA, SIGNA, AGS, GIS, LIAS, SIG and 2 more, 14 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of NILGHAIS plus a single extra one.