Hidden inside nillist is one standout: instill, a seven-letter play worth 7 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 45 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
NILLIST isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to INSTILL (verb), to infuse slowly, worth 7 points in Scrabble.
instill is the highest-scoring word from nillist, worth 7 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 45 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling nillist produces exactly one seven-letter word: instill. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 7 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling nillist produces exactly one six-letter word: instil. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 6 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in nillist produces 18 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with list, till, and tins. For points, 18 words tie at 4 points, including list, till and tins.
3 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in nillist plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in nillist and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is instill, worth 7 points in Scrabble, and no other word from nillist earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in nillist produce 45 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 6 five-letter words, 18 four-letter words, 13 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.