Unscramble NITRILES and you have 228 words, NITRILES itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 8 points: NIRLIEST. Among the shorter answers, 12 reach 7 points, NITRILE, INLIERS and LINIEST among them. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for linersit or relintis? They use the same letters as NITRILES, 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.
Counting the words from NITRILES 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 from NITRILES come to 37, each scoring 6 points. LISTEN, INSERT and SILENT are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NITRILES score 5 points. LINES, INTER and RESIN are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from NITRILES come to 60, each scoring 4 points. SITE, LIST and LINE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of NITRILES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with NI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
NITRILES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. NITRILES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NITRILES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 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 NITRILES plus a single extra one.