Unscramble NILPOTENT and you have 206 words, NILPOTENT itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 9 points, PENTITO, PLOTTIE and POINTEL among them. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NILPOTENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 28 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with NILPOTENT letters: NONTITLE, for 8 points.
Among 28 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NILPOTENT, the top score is 8, reached by 18. ONLINE, INTENT and TOILET are the familiar ones.
19 of 40 5-letter words from NILPOTENT tie at 7 points; none scores more. TITLE, POINT and PILOT will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NILPOTENT; 29 of them share the top score of 6. LINE, OPEN and NOTE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of NILPOTENT for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NI · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PONTINE, POTLINE and TOPLINE (9 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NILPOTENT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NILPOTENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 206) | 165 | 206 | 151 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
41 of the 206 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PENTITO, PLOTTIE, POINTEL, PONTILE, LOIPEN, PINNET, PITTEN, PONTIE, LOIPE, NEPIT, NONETTI, POTIN and 29 more. 14 of the 206 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LEPTIN, TINPOT, PITOT, PLEON, LIPE, LIPO, ONLINE, INTEL, TENNO, NONI, PO, TEIN and 2 more.
These 2 words take every letter of NILPOTENT plus a single extra one.