Unscramble DENTEXES to get 112 words. DENTEXES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is EXTENDS, 15 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1N12T1E1X8E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DENTEXES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 27 with 5, 36 with 4, 23 with 3 and 10 with 2.
DESEX, DEXES and SEXED are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DENTEXES, 13 points each. NEEDS, TEENS and DENSE will look familiar.
EXED scores highest among the 4-letter words from DENTEXES at 12 points, ahead of EXES and NEXT on 11. NEED, SEND and TEEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DENTEXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXTENDS (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DENTEXES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENTEXES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 112) | 71 | 112 | 62 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
41 of the 112 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DENTEXES, DENTEX, EXTENSE, TEXES, TEX, STEENED, DENETS, NEESED, SEDENT, SENTED, TEENDS, TEENED and 29 more. 9 of the 112 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SEXTED, EXED, NEXTS, XED, EDS, ESNE, EST, TES and TE.
This word takes every letter of DENTEXES plus a single extra one.