Unscramble linuxes

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.

Possible Words From linuxes

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.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with linuxes

6 Letter Words You Can Make with linuxes

UNISEX scores highest among the 6-letter words in LINUXES at 13 points, ahead of LUNIES on 6.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with linuxes

8 of 17 5-letter words made with LINUXES letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. LINES, NEXUS and LIENS will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with linuxes

Of the 26 4-letter words from LINUXES, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. LINE, LENS and LIES are the ones most people know.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with linuxes

6 of 30 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LINUXES tie at 10 points; none scores more. USE, SUN and SIX will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with linuxes

EX, XI and XU share the top score of 9 among the 2-letter words from LINUXES. IN, IS and US are the ones most people know.

Neighbor Words of LINUXES

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

Meanings of the Strongest LINUXES Answers

Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; UNISEX (13 points) takes the top spot.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

UNISEX 13 · 15
the condition of not being distinguishable as to sex
LEXIS 12 · 13
the vocabulary of a language, a group, or a subject field
LUXES 12 · 14
a unit of illumination
NEXUS 12 · 14
a connection or link
NIXES 12 · 13
a water sprite
SILEX 12 · 13
a form of silicon
UNSEX 12 · 14
to deprive of sexual power
ILEX 11 · 12
a holly

Is LINUXES Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

LINUXES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
LINUXES itselfNoYesNo
Answers accepted (of 90)729068

* 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.

Longer Words Built on LINUXES

Each word below uses all the letters of LINUXES and one more.

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