Unscramble LEXICALISES and you have 264 words, LEXICALISES itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LEXICALISES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 8, 24 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 9 letters.
LEXICALISE is the only one of the 10-letter words in LEXICALISES; it scores 19 points.
Among the 7-letter words from LEXICALISES, CALIXES, EXCISES and LEXICAL tie for first at 16 points.
7 of 56 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LEXICALISES tie at 15 points; none scores more. EXCESS, SCALES and ALLIES will look familiar.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LEXICALISES are led by CALIX, EXCEL and EXECS, 14 points each. CLASS, CASES and SCALE are the familiar ones.
CALX and EXEC share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words from LEXICALISES. CASE, CALL and LESS are the ones most people know.
These 2 words have the length of LEXICALISES, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with LE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CALIXES, EXCISES and LEXICAL (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts LEXICALISES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEXICALISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 208 | 264 | 192 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
56 of the 264 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LEXICALISES, LEXICALISE, EXIES, SALIX, SAXE, SCALLIES, ALLICES, CAILLES, SALICES, SIECLES, AESCES, ALLICE and 44 more. 16 of the 264 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CALIXES, ALEXIC, LEXISES, LAXES, CALLEES, CELLIES, LIASSIC, CALLEE, CEILIS, CELLIE, CEILI, CALS and 4 more.