Unscramble EFFLUXES and you have 71 words, EFFLUXES itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
E1F4F4L12U12X8E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from EFFLUXES split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 11 with 5, 27 with 4, 19 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of EFFLUXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EF · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
EFFLUXES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EFFLUXES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EFFLUXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 71) | 61 | 71 | 59 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ULEXES, EXULS, EXUL, ULEX, ELFS, SELE, SLEE, ULES, ULE and EE, 10 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FES and FE, 2 in all.