NESTLING

8 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What NESTLING Means

noun: young bird not yet fledged
noun: a young person of either sex“she writes books for children”

Similar words

CHILD KID YOUNGSTER MINOR SHAVER NIPPER TIDDLER TIKE TYKE FRY

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NESTLING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 E1 S1 T1 L1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In NESTLING

232 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.

7 letter words (11)

GINNELS GLISTEN LENSING LESTING LINNETS NESTING SENTING SINGLET SNIGLET TENSING TINGLES

6 letter words (28)

ELINTS ENGILT ENLIST ENSIGN GENTIL GILETS GINNEL GLENTS GLINTS INGEST INGLES INLETS INTELS LEGIST LEGITS LIGNES LINENS LINNET LISTEN SENNIT SIGNET SILENT SINGLE SINNET TENNIS TINGES TINGLE TINSEL

5 letter words (55)

4 letter words (77)

3 letter words (47)

ELS ELT ENG ENS EST GEL GEN GET GIE GIN GIS GIT ING INN INS ITS LEG LEI LES LET LIE LIG LIN LIS LIT NEG NET NIE NIL NIS NIT SEG SEI SEL SEN SET SIN SIT TEG TEL TEN TES TIE TIG TIL TIN TIS

2 letter words (14)

EL EN ES ET GI IN IS IT LI NE SI ST TE TI

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