Unscramble NIRLIEST and you have 228 words, NIRLIEST itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 8 points: NITRILES. The best shorter words score 7: 12 of them, NITRILE, INLIERS and LINIEST included. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from NIRLIEST by length: 2 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 15 with 2.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NIRLIEST come to 37, each scoring 6 points. LISTEN, INSERT and SILENT are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from NIRLIEST score 5 points. LINES, INTER and RESIN are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from NIRLIEST scores 4. SITE, LIST and LINE are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of NIRLIEST, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with NI · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by NITRILES (8 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts NIRLIEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIRLIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 180 | 227 | 170 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NIRLIEST, LINTIES, RILIEST, SLINTER, SNIRTLE, INISLE, INTIRE, LINTIE, NIRLIE, NIRLIT, TINIES, ELSIN and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RESILIN, INTELS, STRINE, INTEL, LITES, RESIT, TEINS, EST, TES and TE, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 8 words take every letter of NIRLIEST plus a single extra one.