Jumble solved
Is SLIGHTEST a word? Yes.
SLIGHTEST is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 13 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 187 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 187
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 7
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 7 remaining consonants (S, L, G, H, T, S, T).
Anagrams of SLIGHTEST
One word uses all 9 letters:
- slightest
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
3 words found7-letter words
9 words found6-letter words
25 words found+ 10 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
40 words found+ 25 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
57 words found+ 42 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
38 words found+ 23 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
14 words foundWords hidden inside SLIGHTEST
Without moving a single letter, reading slightest straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — lightest, slight, light, test, est, tes. The longest unbroken run is lightest.
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Shorter words inside SLIGHTEST — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to SLIGHTEST
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and slightest opens up 3 10-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
7
Vowels
22%
I, E
Consonants
78%
S, L, G, H, T, S, T
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Solving SLIGHTEST: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters slightest?
Rearranging the 9 letters in slightest produces 187 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer slightest here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does slightest have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, slightest rearranges into exactly one word: slightest.
What is the longest word you can make from slightest?
The longest solution is slightest at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from slightest?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: slightest yields els, ess, est, eth, gel, get, ghi, gie, gis and git. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from slightest scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, slightest is the top scorer from slightest at 13 points, followed by lightest (12), sleights (12) and thistles (11). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside slightest?
Read left to right without moving any letters and slightest already contains 6 shorter words: lightest, slight, light, test, est and tes. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is lightest. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.