Unscramble OXACILLINS and you have 241 words, OXACILLINS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CLINOAXIS and OXACILLIN lead with 18 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OXACILLINS split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 33 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OXACILLINS, 5 score 15 points, the group's best. SOCIAL, CASINO and LOCALS are the ones most people know.
CALIX, CAXON and COXAL are the top 5-letter words from OXACILLINS, 14 points each. LOCAL, LOANS and CALLS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in OXACILLINS, the top score is 13, reached by 4. ALSO, CALL and LOAN are the familiar ones.
COX scores highest among the 3-letter words made with OXACILLINS letters at 12 points, ahead of LAX and LOX on 10. ALL, CAN and OIL are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of OXACILLINS, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with OX · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CLAXONS (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OXACILLINS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OXACILLINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 205 | 241 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLINOAXIS, CAXONS, CAXON, SIXAIN, NOXAL, SALIX, LANX, NOX, ASINICO, SINICAL, CONIAS, SCOLIA and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OXIC, COLLINSIA, ISOCLINAL, ALNICOS, ASCON, CALOS, LOCIS, CALS, LOCS, SOCA, CAL, LILOS and 6 more, 18 in all.