The word nestling is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • nestling n. A small, young bird that is still confined to the nest.
  • nestling n. (Obsolete) A nest; a receptacle.
  • nestling v. Present participle of nestle.

16 valid words from 3 definitions

BIRD CONFINED IS NEST NESTLE OBSOLETE OF PARTICIPLE PRESENT RECEPTACLE SMALL STILL THAT THE TO YOUNG

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

ES EST IN ING LI LIN LING NE NEST ST

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

EN NIL SEN

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

NETTLING PESTLING

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

NESTING

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

NESTLINGS

9 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A GANTLINES
+I ENLISTING LISTENING TINSELING
+K SKLENTING
+O SINGLETON
+S NESTLINGS
+U GLUTENINS
+Y ENSTYLING

11 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-G LINNETS
-L NESTING SENTING TENSING
-N GLISTEN LESTING SINGLET SNIGLET TINGLES
-T GINNELS LENSING

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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