Unscramble INDEXAL and you have 129 words, INDEXAL itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 13, among them INDEX, NIXED and ALEXIN. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. INDEXAL as a single 7-tile play makes 65 in Scrabble, 15 plus the 50 bonus, and 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
Looking for landixe or denialx? They use the same letters as INDEXAL, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from INDEXAL split into 1 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 23 with 5, 42 with 4, 37 with 3 and 21 with 2.
The best of the 4-letter words from INDEXAL is AXED, 12 points; AXEL and AXIL on 11 follow. LINE, LAND and LEAD are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INDEXAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with IN · ending in AL · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ALEXIN, AXLED, INDEX, NIXED and XENIAL (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: INDEXAL is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDEXAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 105 | 129 | 101 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: INDEXAL, LAXED, LANX, DAINE, DIANE, ELDIN, ELIAD, LANDE, DALI, EILD, LIND, NIED and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: XED, DENI, DAN and DA.