Unscramble ALEXANDER and you have 197 words, ALEXANDER itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, RELAXED and ADNEXAL lead with 15 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ALEXANDER by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 25 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
ADNEXA and EXEDRA share the top score of 14 among the 6-letter words made with ALEXANDER letters. LEADER, DEALER and EARNED are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALEXANDER, AXLED, LAXED and RAXED tie for first at 13 points. LEARN, ARENA and RELAX are everyday picks.
AXED and EXED share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words from ALEXANDER. READ, NEED and AREA are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with ALEXANDER letters are led by DEX and XED, 11 points each. ARE, END and RED are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of ALEXANDER for another and you can spell this word:
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ALEXANDER first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALEXANDER works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 197) | 149 | 197 | 139 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: LARNAX, LAXED, LANX, ALDERN, DEANER, ENLARD, LAERED, LEARED, NEALED, REDEAL, ALDEA, AREAD and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: EXED, XED, LARNED, RELAND, DENAR, ARENE, LEDE, DAN, LARN and DA.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALEXANDER and one more.