Unscramble TIGHTWIRES and you have 282 words, TIGHTWIRES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TIGHTWIRE leads with 16 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from TIGHTWIRES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 13 with 8, 30 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 17 with 2.
TWIGHTS, WEIGHTS and WRIGHTS share the top score of 14 among the 7-letter words from TIGHTWIRES. TIGHTER, TWISTER and HITTERS are the ones most people know.
Among 45 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TIGHTWIRES, the top score is 13, reached by 5. RIGHTS, WEIGHT and WRITES are the familiar ones.
WEIGH, WHIGS and WIGHT are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TIGHTWIRES, 12 points each. RIGHT, WHITE and SHIRT will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from TIGHTWIRES, WHIG leads with 11 points, then HEWS and SHEW on 10. WEST, WISH and HITS are the familiar ones.
HEW tops the 3-letter words in TIGHTWIRES at 9 points; next come GHI and WIG on 7. GET, ITS and SET will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of TIGHTWIRES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with TI · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WEIGHTS, WHITIEST, WHITTERS, WITHIEST and WRIGHTS (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TIGHTWIRES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIGHTWIRES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 223 | 281 | 208 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TWIGHTS, WHITRETS, WHITSTER, STREWTH, TEWHITS, TWIGHT, WHITRET, REWTHS, STREIGHT, TEWHIT, REWTH, WERSH and 46 more, 58 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RIGHTIEST, SHITTER, THETRIS, WITTERS, REISHI, THETRI, WITTER, SHITE, TETRIS, EW, GIS, SIG and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: WHITIES.