Unscramble AXOLOTLS and you have 97 words, AXOLOTLS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1X8O1L12O1T1L12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from AXOLOTLS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 21 with 5, 32 with 4, 25 with 3 and 13 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble AXOLOTLS is TAXOL, 12 points; ALLOT and ALOOS on 5 follow. TOOLS, STOOL and STALL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of AXOLOTLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AX · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
AXOLOTLS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AXOLOTLS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AXOLOTLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 97) | 87 | 97 | 80 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 10 of them: ALOOS, LOAST, SALTO, SLOOT, ALOO, SOOL, LOS, OOS, OO and ST. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: TAXOLS, TAXOL, LOTSA, TALLS, LOTO, TOSA and ATS.