378 words come out when you unscramble NORTHWESTERS, starting with NORTHWESTERS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, NORTHWESTER leads with 17 points. The 12 letters split into 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from NORTHWESTERS split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 5 with 10, 12 with 9, 34 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in NORTHWESTERS: NORTHWESTER, for 17 points.
NORTHWESTS, THROWSTERS and WHETSTONES are the top 10-letter words made with NORTHWESTERS letters, 16 points each.
8 of 34 8-letter words from NORTHWESTERS tie at 14 points; none scores more. SHORTEST, WESTERNS and TORRENTS will look familiar.
60 7-letter words in NORTHWESTERS; 18 of them share the top score of 13. WESTERN, SHOWERS and SHORTER are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words made with NORTHWESTERS letters, the top score is 12, reached by 24. OWNERS, NEWEST and SHOWER are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NORTHWESTERS, 26 score 11 points, the group's best. OTHER, NORTH and SHOWS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from NORTHWESTERS, the top score is 10, reached by 11. NEWS, HERE and SHOW are the familiar ones.
HEW, HOW and WHO share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words in NORTHWESTERS. NOT, NEW and NOW are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NORTHWESTERS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with NO · ending in RS · all 12-letter words
NORTHWESTERS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NORTHWESTERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHWESTERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 378) | 293 | 378 | 274 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
85 of the 378 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HERONSEWS, HERONSEW, WERSHEST, WHERRETS, STREWTH, THORNTREES, THROWES, WERSHER, WHERESO, WHERRET, WRETHES, HOWRES and 73 more. 19 of the 378 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RESHOWERS, RESHOWER, SHEROES, TWONESS, HOSERS, NEWSES, HOSER, TETROSES, HOSS, OWTS, SESH, EEW and 7 more.