Unscramble BISECTRIX to get 179 words. BISECTRIX itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. XERIC is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34I1S1E1C34T1R1I1X8
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BISECTRIX by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 18 with 6, 46 with 5, 59 with 4, 38 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
XERIC scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BISECTRIX at 14 points, ahead of EXIST and EXITS on 12. TRIES, TIRES and TRIBE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from BISECTRIX is IBEX, 13 points; EXIT and SEXT on 11 follow. SITE, BEST and REST are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BISECTRIX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BI · ending in X · all 9-letter words
What BISECTRIX means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BISECTRIX is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISECTRIX itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 146 | 178 | 127 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
32 of the 179 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEX, RICIEST, BITSER, BREIST, IBERIS, BESIT, BESTI, BREIS, BRISE, CRISE, ERICS, ICERS and 20 more. 19 of the 179 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BISECTRIX, SIXER, TIX, BITSIER, RECITS, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, TECS and 7 more. 1 of the 179 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.