Unscramble HEXAMINES to get 250 words. HEXAMINES itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HEXAMINE leads with 20 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HEXAMINES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HEXAMINES, HEXANE leads with 16 points, then AXEMEN and EXAMEN on 15.
HEXES scores highest among the 5-letter words from HEXAMINES at 15 points, ahead of AXMEN and EXAMS on 14. MEANS, NAMES and ANIME are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words made with HEXAMINES letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. MAIN, MEAN and MINE will look familiar.
HEX scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HEXAMINES at 13 points, ahead of MAX and MIX on 12. HAS, MAN and MEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HEXAMINES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of HEXAMINES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HEXAMINES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEXAMINES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 193 | 248 | 179 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: MIXENS, MIXEN, EXIES, HEMINAS, HEMINA, MANEHS, SAXE, HEAME, HIEMS, MANEH, MIHAS, MIHA and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: SAXMEN, MENSH, ASHINE, HIMS, NEMESIA, SHENAI, MEH, AHIS, MANIS, SHEN, AHI, AHS and 2 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: AMEX and HEMI.