Unscramble EPITAXIS to get 172 words. EPITAXIS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PIXIES and EXPATS lead with 15 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EPITAXIS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 6, 32 with 5, 58 with 4, 53 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 7 letters.
32 5-letter words in EPITAXIS; 4 of them share the top score of 14. TAXES, EXIST and TAPES are everyday picks.
APEX scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EPITAXIS at 13 points, ahead of AXES and AXIS on 11. SITE, EAST and PAST are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from EPITAXIS, PAX and PIX tie for first at 12 points. ITS, SET and TAX are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EPITAXIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EP · ending in IS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXPATS and PIXIES (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts EPITAXIS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPITAXIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 148 | 172 | 141 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
24 of the 172 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPITAXIS, SAXE, TEX, PIETS, SPEAT, STIPA, APTS, PAIS, PIET, PISE, SPET, SPIE and 12 more. 7 of the 172 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TIX, PST, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 3 words take every letter of EPITAXIS plus a single extra one.