Unscramble APTERYXES to get 272 words. APTERYXES itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
A1P34T1E1R1Y43X8E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from APTERYXES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 11 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
PTYXES tops the 6-letter words in APTERYXES at 18 points; next come EXTASY and STYRAX on 16. EXPERT, REPEAT and EXTRAS will look familiar.
PREXY, PYREX and PYXES share the top score of 17 among the 5-letter words from APTERYXES. PARTY, TYPES and EXTRA are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble APTERYXES, SEXY, XRAY and XYST tie for first at 14 points. YEAR, TYPE and EASY are everyday picks.
PYX scores highest among the 3-letter words made with APTERYXES letters at 15 points, ahead of YEX on 13 and PAX on 12. ARE, ART and YES are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of APTERYXES for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with AP · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of APTERYXES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
APTERYXES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| APTERYXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 272) | 210 | 272 | 198 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 272 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PTYXES, EXTASY, XRAYS, YEXES, XRAY, EXEATS, YEX, EXEAT, PEATERY, TEXES, YAPSTER, PETARY and 50 more. 12 of the 272 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PYREXES, PYREX, SEXPERT, SEXER, EPATERS, YEPS, EPATER, YEET, YAS, YER, PST and TE.