Unscramble CURTAXES to get 237 words. CURTAXES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CURTAXE leads with 16 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CURTAXES split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
CRUXES and EXACTS are the top 6-letter words in CURTAXES, 15 points each. EXTRAS, TRACES and SAUCER will look familiar.
CAREX and EXACT share the top score of 14 among the 5-letter words from CURTAXES. CAUSE, EXTRA and TAXES are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CURTAXES is CRUX, 13 points; AXES and EAUX on 11 follow. CASE, CARE and RATE are everyday picks.
8 of 60 3-letter words from CURTAXES tie at 10 points; none scores more. ARE, USE and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CURTAXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CU · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CRUXES and EXACTS (15 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CURTAXES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURTAXES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 200 | 237 | 191 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CURTAXES, CURTAXE, SAXE, TEX, ACTURES, CAUTERS, CRUSTAE, ACTURE, CAUTER, CRESTA, CRUSTA, CURATS and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CERTS, CERT, TECS, CRU, TEC, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 9 in all.