Unscramble HEXYLENE and you have 41 words, HEXYLENE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HEXYL leads with 18 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HEXYLENE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 2 with 5, 9 with 4, 17 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of HEXYLENE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in NE · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HEXYL (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HEXYLENE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEXYLENE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 41) | 27 | 41 | 26 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 14 of them: HEXYLENE, HEXENE, YEX, HYEN, HYLE, HYE, HELE, LYNE, NYE, NEELE, NY, EEN and 2 more. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: HENLEY.
Each word below uses all the letters of HEXYLENE and one more.