Unscramble LAXISMS to get 89 words. LAXISMS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SMILAX and LAXISM, 15 points each. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. LAXISMS as a single 7-tile play makes 66 in Scrabble, 16 plus the 50 bonus, and 53 in Words With Friends (18 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LAXISMS split into 1 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 18 with 5, 28 with 4, 26 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LAXISMS, MAXI leads with 13 points, then AXIL and AXIS on 11. MAIL, MASS and MISS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LAXISMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with LA · ending in MS · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SMILAX (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts LAXISMS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAXISMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 89) | 73 | 89 | 71 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
16 of the 89 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAXISMS, LAXISM, LIMAX, SALIX, MALIS, MISSA, SAIMS, MALI, MALS, SAIM, SAMS, MAL and 4 more. 2 of the 89 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LASSI and LIAS.
This word takes every letter of LAXISMS plus a single extra one.