Unscramble LINUXES and you have 90 words, LINUXES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is UNISEX, 13 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of LINUXES at once for 64 in Scrabble (14 + 50) or 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from LINUXES by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 17 with 5, 26 with 4, 30 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Keep every letter of LINUXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; UNISEX (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LINUXES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINUXES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 72 | 90 | 68 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
18 of the 90 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LINUXES, EXULS, LINUX, EXUL, ULEX, ELSIN, NELIS, SILEN, NIES, SEIL, SIEN, SILE and 6 more. 4 of the 90 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LUNS, UNIS, LUN and UNI.
Each word below uses all the letters of LINUXES and one more.