What NIGHEST Means
- adverb: (superlative of ‘near’ or ‘close’) within the shortest distance“that was the time he came nearest to death”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
NIGHEST is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 I1 G2 H4 E1 S1 T1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In NIGHEST
179 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (12)
5 letter words (42)
EHINGEIGHTGEISTGEITSGENTSGHESTGITESHEISTHENTSHINGEHINGSHINTSINSETNEIGHNEISTNIGHSNIGHTNITESSEGNISENGISENTISHENTSHINESIENTSIETHSIGHTSINGESITHESTEINSTINGTEINSTHEGNTHEINTHENSTHIGSTHINETHINGTHINSTIGESTINESTINGETINGS
4 letter words (65)
EGISEISHENGSETHSGEITGENSGENTGESTGETSGHISGIENGIESGINSGISTGITEGITSHENSHENTHESTHETSHIESHINGHINSHINTHISNHISTHITSINGSNEGSNESHNESTNETSNIESNIGHNISHNITENITSSENTSHETSHINSIENSIGHSIGNSINESINGSINHSITESITHSNIGSNITSTENSTIETEGSTEINTENSTHENTHIGTHINTHISTIESTIGETIGSTINETINGTINS
3 letter words (44)
EHSENGENSESTETHGENGETGHIGIEGINGISGITHENHESHETHIEHINHISHITINGINSISHITSNEGNETNIENISNITNTHSEGSEISENSETSHESINSITTEGTENTESTHETIETIGTINTIS
2 letter words (16)
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