Unscramble NITROXYL to get 108 words. NITROXYL itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 4 of them, LYNX, ONYX and ORYX included. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
N12I1T1R1O1X8Y43L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NITROXYL by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 11 with 5, 48 with 4, 30 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 7 letters.
4 of 48 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NITROXYL tie at 14 points; none scores more. ONLY, IRON and TINY will look familiar.
These 4 words have the length of NITROXYL, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with NI · ending in YL · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LYNX, NIXY, ONYX and ORYX (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NITROXYL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NITROXYL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 88 | 108 | 83 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 20 of them: NITROXYL, NITROX, NOX, NITRYL, NIRLY, NITRY, YONT, LOY, NOY, ONY, NY, LOIR and 8 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: TIX, TIYN, TYIN, LOR and OI.
With one more tile, the letters of NITROXYL spell the words below.