Hidden inside righten sit hinger and nigher, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 98 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble RINGTHE, GRENTHI or HERTING and you get the same 7 letters as RIGHTEN: so the words from RIGHTEN listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
hinger and nigher tie for the highest Scrabble score from righten at 10 points. The top 10 of 98 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling righten turns up 4 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are hinger and nigher, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 22 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in righten. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eight, night and right. For points, 9 words tie at 9 points, including eight, night and right.
Rearranging the letters in righten produces 28 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hint, hire and rent. For points, the strongest play is nigh — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling righten turns up 31 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with get, hen and her. For points, the strongest play is ghi — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in righten. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, he and hi. For points, the strongest plays are eh, he, and hi — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
9 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in righten plus one additional letter.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are hinger and nigher, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from righten 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 righten produce 98 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 six-letter words, 22 five-letter words, 28 four-letter words, 31 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.