Unscramble HYPOTAXES and you have 232 words, HYPOTAXES itself among them: it scores 24 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. ETHOXY is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HYPOTAXES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPOTAXES, EPOXY and PYXES tie for first at 17 points. TYPES, PHASE and TAXES are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from HYPOTAXES, POXY leads with 16 points, then HOAX and SEXY on 14. SHOP, HOPE and PATH are the familiar ones.
PYX scores highest among the 3-letter words from HYPOTAXES at 15 points, ahead of HEX and HOX on 13. HAS, HOT and SAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HYPOTAXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HY · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ETHOXY (19 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HYPOTAXES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPOTAXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 191 | 232 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: PTYXES, EXTASY, HOXES, HYPATES, HYPATE, HOX, YEX, SAXE, SYTHE, TOSHY, EXO, HEYS and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: POXY, HEAPY, HOSEY, YEAHS, PHEOS, POSEY, THESP, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, PHO, AHS and 3 more.