Unscramble HEXASTICH and you have 239 words, HEXASTICH itself among them: it scores 24 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CATHEXIS leads with 20 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HEXASTICH split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
HEXACT tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HEXASTICH at 18 points; next come EXACTS on 15 and CHETAH on 14. CHEATS, ETHICS and SHEATH will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from HEXASTICH, SIXTH leads with 15 points, then EXACT on 14 and CHETH on 13. TAXES, EXIST and TEACH are the familiar ones.
HECH tops the 4-letter words made with HEXASTICH letters at 12 points; next come AXES and AXIS on 11. EACH, TECH and CHAT will look familiar.
HEX scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HEXASTICH at 13 points, ahead of AXE and SAX on 10. HAS, ITS and TAX are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HEXASTICH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in CH · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CATHEXIS (20 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HEXASTICH, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEXASTICH itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 188 | 239 | 169 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HEXACTS, HEXACT, SHECHITA, HACHIS, HECHTS, SHTCHI, HECHT, SHCHI, SHEHITA, HECH, HITHES, HAITH and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HEXASTICH, CATHS, CHAIS, SITCH, TECHS, TIX, CATH, CHAI, ECHT, TECH, SHITE, AHIS and 7 more, 19 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of HEXASTICH spell the words below.