Unscramble ANAPTYXES and you have 221 words, ANAPTYXES itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PTYXES leads with 18 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
A1N12A1P34T1Y43X8E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ANAPTYXES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with ANAPTYXES letters: PEASANTY, 13 points.
PYXES tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ANAPTYXES at 17 points; next come ATAXY on 15 and EXPAT on 14. TYPES, TAXES and SPENT will look familiar.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ANAPTYXES are led by SEXY and XYST, 14 points each. NEXT, TYPE and EASY are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words from ANAPTYXES is PYX, 15 points; YEX on 13 and PAX on 12 follow. ANY, YES and SAY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ANAPTYXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AN · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
ANAPTYXES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANAPTYXES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANAPTYXES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 172 | 220 | 160 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PTYXES, EXTASY, PANAXES, PANAX, YEX, SYNAPTE, SAXE, APAYS, PYATS, PYETS, PYNES, TEX and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ANAPTYXES, PEASANTY, NEXTS, YEPS, NAPAS, PAANS, NAPA, PAAN, YAS, PST, ATS and TE, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NESTY.