Unscramble DEXTRANS and you have 233 words, DEXTRANS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1X8T1R1A1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEXTRANS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
EXTRAS, SEXTAN and TAXERS are the top 6-letter words made with DEXTRANS letters, 13 points each. TRENDS, TRADES and STRAND will look familiar.
The 5-letter words from DEXTRANS are led by RAXED and TAXED, 13 points each. TRADE, EXTRA and RATED are the familiar ones.
AXED tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEXTRANS at 12 points; next come AXES and NEXT on 11. DATE, READ and SEND will look familiar.
The 3-letter words from DEXTRANS are led by DEX and XED, 11 points each. ARE, END and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEXTRANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of DEXTRANS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEXTRANS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEXTRANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 183 | 233 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
50 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAXE, TEX, ENDARTS, STARNED, DEARNS, DRANTS, ENDART, STEARD, ARSED, DANTS, DEARN, DERNS and 38 more. 16 of the 233 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NEXTS, XED, DARNEST, DENARS, DENAR, TASED, TRADS, DANS, DAN, DAS, EDS, ATS and 4 more.