Unscramble NOUGHTS to get 160 words. NOUGHTS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: GUNSHOT, HOGNUTS and SHOTGUN. The best shorter words score 10: 7 of them, THONGS, SOUGHT and SHOGUN included. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of NOUGHTS at once for 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50) or 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from NOUGHTS split into 4 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 27 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 18 with 2.
11 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NOUGHTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. SONG, THUS and HOST will look familiar.
HOG, HUG and UGH share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words made with NOUGHTS letters. NOT, OUT and HOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NOUGHTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with NO · ending in TS · all 7-letter words
NOUGHTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NOUGHTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUGHTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 135 | 160 | 126 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
25 of the 160 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOSHT, UNSHOT, HOUTS, HOUT, HUSO, THON, STONG, GONS, STOUN, SUGO, TOUNS, GON and 13 more. 9 of the 160 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GOTHS, GOTH, HOS, SHO, SOH, NUGS, NUTSO, GOS and NUG.
Each word below uses all the letters of NOUGHTS and one more.