Unscramble HEXAPODS and you have 208 words, HEXAPODS itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. HEXAPOD is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HEXAPODS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 13 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
The 5-letter words from HEXAPODS are led by HEXAD and HOXED, 16 points each. PHASE, SHAPE and HEADS are the familiar ones.
HOAX tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HEXAPODS at 14 points; next come APEX and EXPO on 13. SHOP, HEAD and HOPE will look familiar.
The 3-letter words from HEXAPODS are led by HEX and HOX, 13 points each. HAS, HAD and SPA are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HEXAPODS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
What HEXAPODS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HEXAPODS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEXAPODS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 179 | 208 | 152 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: OXHEADS, OXHEAD, HOXED, HOXES, PODEX, HOX, POSHED, POHED, SAXE, EXO, SHOPE, APODES and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 27 of them: DOXES, DOX, XED, PHEOS, DOSHA, HEPS, ODAHS, PHEO, PHOS, AHED, DOHS, DOSH and 15 more.