Unscramble NOTHINGISM and you have 285 words, NOTHINGISM itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. MONISHING is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NOTHINGISM split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 8 with 8, 33 with 7, 43 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
MONISHING is the only one of the 9-letter words in NOTHINGISM; it scores 15 points.
GNOMISH, HOMINGS and MOSHING are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble NOTHINGISM, 13 points each. HOSTING, NOTHING and INSIGHT will look familiar.
HOMING, MIGHTS and SMIGHT share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words from NOTHINGISM. THINGS, MONTHS and NIGHTS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NOTHINGISM is MIGHT, 11 points; IMSHI and MIHIS on 10 follow. NIGHT, MONTH and THING are everyday picks.
9 of 60 4-letter words from NOTHINGISM tie at 9 points; none scores more. MOST, MINI and HOST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in NOTHINGISM, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. NOT, ITS and HOT are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of NOTHINGISM, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MONISHING (15 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
NOTHINGISM is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOTHINGISM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 214 | 285 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 71 of them: NOTHINGISM, HOMINGS, HINTINGS, NITHINGS, SMIGHT, MOISTING, NITHING, SHITING, SITHING, THINGOS, TOSHING, HOIING and 59 more. Words With Friends* skips 27 of them: SMITHING, HOMININS, MOSHING, HOMININ, GOTHS, HIMS, HOISIN, HOMS, HONGI, MOSH, SHOGI, GOTH and 15 more.
This word takes every letter of NOTHINGISM plus a single extra one.