Unscramble ISOLEXES and you have 111 words, ISOLEXES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LEXISES and SILEXES lead with 14 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ISOLEXES split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 24 with 5, 34 with 4, 28 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 24 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ISOLEXES, the top score is 12, reached by 9. SOILS, LOSES and ISLES are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ISOLEXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with IS · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LEXISES and SILEXES (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts ISOLEXES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISOLEXES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 111) | 85 | 111 | 81 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ISOLEXES, ISOLEX, EXIES, OXIES, EXO, EISELS, ESILES, SESELI, EISEL, ESILE, SEILS, SELES and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LEXISES, SILOES, ESSE and OI, 4 in all.