NITES

What NITES Means

NITES is a form of NIT, which means:

1. noun: a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
2. noun: egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NITES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 I1 T1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of NITES (7)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In NITES

46 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.

4 letter words (17)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (11)

Longer Words Containing NITES

NITES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.