Unscramble AXILS and you have 28 words, AXILS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of AXILS is on the page: SALIX, each 12 points. The strongest shorter words are AXIS and AXIL, 11 points each. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from AXILS by length: 2 with 5 letters, 6 with 4, 11 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of AXILS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with AX · ending in LS · all 5-letter words
What AXILS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
AXILS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AXILS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 28) | 26 | 28 | 25 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SALIX and SAI, 2 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIAS.
These 4 words take every letter of AXILS plus a single extra one.