Unscramble DEWAXES to get 90 words. DEWAXES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are WAXED, DEWAX and WEXED, 16 points each. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of DEWAXES in one turn: 68 in Scrabble (18 + 50), 53 in Words With Friends (18 + 35).
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Counting the words from DEWAXES by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 17 with 5, 27 with 4, 30 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words made with DEWAXES letters: AXSEED, for 14 points.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEWAXES, WEXE leads with 14 points, then AXED and EXED on 12. SEED, EASE and WEED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEWAXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
DEWAXES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEWAXES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEWAXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 73 | 90 | 66 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
17 of the 90 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WEXED, WEXES, WEXE, WEX, SAXE, DEAWS, SWEED, DEAW, SWAD, SWEE, WASE, DAES and 5 more. 7 of the 90 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXED, XED, EEW, EW, DAS, EDS and DA.
With one more tile, the letters of DEWAXES spell the words below.