116 words come out when you unscramble OREXISES, starting with OREXISES itself: 15 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SOREXES, XEROSES and XEROSIS lead with 14 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
O1R1E1X8I1S1E1S1
Counting the words from OREXISES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 23 with 5, 30 with 4, 29 with 3 and 15 with 2.
EXES, OXER and OXES share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OREXISES. ROSE, RISE and SEES are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of OREXISES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with OR · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with XEROSES and XEROSIS (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OREXISES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OREXISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 92 | 116 | 83 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
24 of the 116 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OREXISES, SOREXES, OREXIS, EXIES, OXIES, SOREX, EXO, REISES, ROSIES, SOREES, SEIRS, SOREE and 12 more. 9 of the 116 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SEXERS, SIXERS, OXERS, SEXER, SIXER, OXER, RESES, ESSE and OI.
This word takes every letter of OREXISES plus a single extra one.