Unscramble HANDAXE and you have 58 words, HANDAXE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. HANDAX is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of HANDAXE at once for 68 in Scrabble (18 + 50) or 53 in Words With Friends (18 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HANDAXE split into 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 4 with 5, 10 with 4, 23 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Trade one tile of HANDAXE for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with HA · ending in XE · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HANDAX (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HANDAXE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDAXE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 58) | 50 | 58 | 44 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 8 of them: HANDAXE, ADHAN, HEND, HAN, DAE, NED, EAN and EA. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: HANDAX, XED, HADEAN, AHED, DAN and DA.
With one more tile, the letters of HANDAXE spell the words below.