218 words come out when you unscramble CATHEXIS, starting with CATHEXIS itself: 20 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HEXACTS, 19 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CATHEXIS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 17 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
HEXACT tops the 6-letter words made with CATHEXIS letters at 18 points; next come EXACTS on 15 and AXITES on 13. CHEATS, ETHICS and CHAISE will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from CATHEXIS, SIXTH leads with 15 points, then EXACT on 14 and AXITE on 12. TAXES, EXIST and TEACH are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CATHEXIS tie at 11 points; none scores more. EACH, CASE and TECH will look familiar.
HEX scores highest among the 3-letter words in CATHEXIS at 13 points, ahead of AXE and SAX on 10. HAS, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CATHEXIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in IS · all 8-letter words
What CATHEXIS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CATHEXIS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATHEXIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 176 | 218 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HEXACTS, HEXACT, SAXE, SCAITH, TAISCH, THEICS, TICHES, ICHES, SCATH, SICHT, TEX, THEIC and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CATHS, CHAIS, SITCH, TECHS, TIX, CATH, CHAI, ECHT, TECH, SHITE, AHIS, ETICS and 6 more, 18 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of CATHEXIS plus a single extra one.