Unscramble DEX and you have 5 words, DEX itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of DEX is on the page: XED, each 11 points. The strongest shorter word is EX, 9 points. The 3 letters split into 1 vowel and 2 consonants.
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By length, the words from DEX split into 2 with 3 letters and 3 with 2.
Trade one tile of DEX for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 3-letter words: starting with D · ending in X · all 3-letter words
Add two letters to DEX:
DEX first, then short meanings for the 4 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEX, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEX itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 5) | 5 | 5 | 4 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: XED.
Each word below uses all the letters of DEX and one more.