Unscramble METHOXYL and you have 138 words, METHOXYL itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. METHOXY is the best of the shorter words, at 22 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
M34E1T1H43O1X8Y43L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from METHOXYL by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 23 with 5, 36 with 4, 49 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from METHOXYL, HEXYL leads with 18 points, then XYLEM on 17 and HOMEY on 13. HOTEL, MOTEL and ETHYL are the familiar ones.
MYXO scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble METHOXYL at 16 points, ahead of HOMY and MYTH on 12. HOME, HOLE and HOLY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of METHOXYL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ME · ending in YL · all 8-letter words
The meaning of METHOXYL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept METHOXYL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| METHOXYL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 138) | 109 | 138 | 102 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OXYMEL, MYXO, HOX, YEX, LYTHE, EXO, HYLE, METHO, MOYLE, TEX, YMOLT, HYE and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOLME, MELTY, HOM, MEH, METOL, EMO and TE, 7 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of METHOXYL and one more.